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| Larnicol, Gilles; Le Traon, Pierre-yves; Ayoub, N; Demey, P. |
| We describe the circulation and mean sea lever variations of the Mediterranean Sea from 2 years of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetric data. It is first shown that the response of the Mediterranean Sea to atmospheric pressure forcing is close to an inverse barometer (except at high frequencies) which means that the adjustment is accompanied by a flow through the Straits of Sicily and Gibraltar. We then use TOPEX/POSEIDON to study the mean sea level variations, representing steric effects and integrated large-scale changes of the mass of the Mediterranean Sea. We observe an annual cycle with a fast drop during winter, Steric effects account for about half of the observed variations. The remaining signal is believed to be driven by evaporation minus precipitation (E -... |
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| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00079/18979/16625.pdf |
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