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Impact of open sea deep convection on sediment remobilization in the western Mediterranean
Provedor de dados: Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)
Autores: Martin, Jacobo; Miquel, Juan-carlos; Khripounoff, Alexis.
The northwestern Mediterranean is known to be a privileged area of deep water formation via dense shelf water cascading and offshore convection. The impact of the former in the sedimentary dynamics of the deep basin has been highlighted in recent years, while open sea convection has been solely studied from a hydrological perspective. Particle fluxes and hydrodynamics were monitored at the DYFAMED site (Ligurian Sea, western Mediterranean) at 200, 1000 m and near the seafloor (2350 m depth) during winter 2005-2006. From February to April 2006, and in coincidence with an unusual episode of deep water formation, a notable intensification of currents was observed in the entire water column and near-bottom particle flux increased up to two orders of magnitude....
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Water formation.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12235/9016.pdf

A modelling study of the thermohaline circulation of the Mediterranean Sea: Water formation and dispersal
Provedor de dados: Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)
Autores: Haines, K; Wu, Pl.
A model of the whole Mediterranean sea at 0.25 degrees x 0.25 degrees resolution has been run for ten years with a mean seasonal cycle of forcing using NMC winds and a relaxation to NODC surface temperature and salinity. The winter season water formation and dispersal in the model thermocline has been studied using isopycnal diagnostics and potential vorticity as a water mass tracer. In the eastern basin Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) is formed in the cyclonic Rhodes gyre and moves west in a continuous mass, accumulating and mixing in the centre of the Northern Ionian. The LIW spreading path is identified both from the high salinity and low potential vorticity values on the 28.8 isopycnal surface. Some LIW then spreads west and south towards Sicily,...
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Palavras-chave: PRIMO-O; Circulation thermohaline; Eau levantine intermédiaire; Formation; Modélisation; PRIMO-O; Thermohaline circulation; Levantine Intermediate Water; Water formation; Modelling.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00323/43387/43113.pdf