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| Meunier, Thomas; Tenreiro, M.; Pallas-sanz, Enric; Ochoa, Jose; Ruiz-angulo, Angel; Portela, Esther; Cusi, Simo; Damien, Pierre; Carton, Xavier. |
| High‐resolution hydrographic measurements reveal the presence of three Intra‐Thermocline Eddies (ITEs) embedded within a Loop Current Eddy (LCE). ITEs are lenticular bodies of nearly homogeneous water which contrasts with the well stratified surrounding water. Their radii and thickness ranged between [19‐32] km and [150‐250] m. Negative relative vorticity within their cores (down to ‐0.85 times the Coriolis frequency), along with a large negative stratification anomaly, result in low Ertel Potential Vorticity (PV) and intense negative Ertel Potential Vorticity Anomalies (PVA). Vortex stretching and relative vorticity have comparable contributions to PVA, resulting in Burger numbers of order unity. The similarity of thermohaline properties within the ITE's... |
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Palavras-chave: Intrathermocline eddies; Submesoscale coherent vortices; Vortex lenses; Loop current eddy; Gulf of Mexico; Submesoscale. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55122/56578.pdf |
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