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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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| Teles-machado, Ana; Peliz, Alvaro; Mcwilliams, James C.; Couvelard, Xavier; Ambar, Isabel. |
| We describe the seasonal cycle of the alongshore flows on the Northwestern Iberian Margin and explain what are the important mechanisms forcing the system. We used a 20-year model simulation at 2.3 km horizontal resolution, with realistic atmospheric forcing and covering the whole Western Iberian Margin. The model results are compared with satellite data, with data measured at two moored buoys and with a compilation of current meter data available for the study region. We show that currents over the slope are divided in three different cores: the Iberian Poleward Current (IPC) occupying the top 350 m, a deeper core at Mediterranean Water levels (∼600–1200 m) and in between the two, an equatorward core centered just beneath the IPC core, the Upper Slope... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00270/38112/42274.pdf |
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