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| Harvey, Jg; Theodorou, A. |
| Neutral surfaces are defined from historical hydrographie data on which the spreading of Iceland-Scotland overflow water (ISOW) may be examined in the eastern North Atlantic and the lrminger Basin. Each of these neutral surfaces occurs at less than 400 rn on the Iceland-Faroe rise, but they descend to depths in excess of 2 600 rn (shallowest) and 3 600 rn (deepest) in the area of study. Salinity distribution on these surfaces provides a first indication of circulation patterns. e-S water mass analysis, using successive mixing stages of ISOW is generally found to be satisfactory, but in the south-eastern part of the region a third water mass characteristic is required. Oxygen data from cruises between 1957 and 1962 are re-examined and, after the... |
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| Ano: 1986 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00110/22091/19732.pdf |
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| Theodorou, A; Theocharis, A; Balopoulos, Efstathios. |
| This paper presents the qualitative circulation patterns of the ''upper'' and ''deeper'' layers in the Cretan Sea and its environs in late winter 1994. The qualitative aspects of the flow field were determined primarily by the distribution of salinity on appropriate neutral surfaces and were supported by dynamic inferences. Water circulation presented a complex pattern, characterized by various sub-basin and mesoscale cylonic and anticyclonic gyres and smaller-scale eddies. An interesting finding was the presence of an eastward current meandering north of Crete, in the South Aegean Sea. Another interesting finding was the spreading in the opposite direction - westward - of the high-salinity Cretan Deep Water. The latter appeared to follow broadly the... |
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| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20416/18083.pdf |
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