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| Barbosa Aguiar, Ana; Peliz, A.; Neves, F.; Bashmachnikov, I.; Carton, Xavier. |
| We use cross-slope sections of direct current observations together with a high resolution numerical simulation to revisit estimates of transports and entrainment in the Gulf of Cadiz. We provide a three dimensional picture of the outflow from the Mediterranean into the intermediate layers of the Atlantic. In the model, the time-averaged Mediterranean Undercurrent is characterised by two cores of zonal velocity at 8°30′8°30′W: one at 500 m (in the σ1σ1 interval 31.6-31.831.6-31.8 kg m-3) and another around 1100 m (∼32.2∼32.2 kg m-3) with maximum westward velocity of 0.36 m s-1. A single well defined vein of saltier and warmer water (salinity maximum ∼36.9∼36.9 psu, 1 psu = 1 kg salt/1000 kg seawater) is found attached to the slope, centred at 1300 m... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00238/34908/33221.pdf |
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