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| Barbosa Aguiar, Ana Claudia; Peliz, Alvaro; Carton, Xavier. |
| The output from a high-resolution two-decade long Mediterranean Outflow simulation is analysed here to provide a census of Mediterranean Water eddies (aka Meddies), both anticyclones and cyclones. The formation rate of Meddies that survive for at least 90 days is of 12 Meddies yr(-1) of which similar to 12% are cyclones. The rate of formation reaches 40 Meddies yr(-1) (30% cyclones) when considering all the Meddies living over 15 days. About 70% of the population is born along the southwestern Iberian slope, but several robust Meddles also originate in points of convergence of the main pathways into the open ocean. The longest-lived Meddies propagate northwestwards, but most of the anticyclones veer southwestwards after a while. As the Meddies drift away... |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00159/27073/25474.pdf |
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