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| Carton, Xavier; Le Cann, Bernard; Serpette, Alain; Dubert, Jesus. |
| In 1990, satellite observations revealed that an anticyclonic surface eddy (a SWODDY, for Slope Water Oceanic eDDY) followed a cycloidal trajectory north of the Iberian coast in the Bay of Biscay. To understand the mechanisms underlying such a trajectory, we study the evolution of an idealized surface eddy in a two-layer flat-bottom quasi-geostrophic model. The effect of several processes is studied, notably the presence of deep anticyclonic vorticity. This deep vorticity may result either from the tilting of the swoddy itself, or from the presence of an anticyclonic eddy of different origins, such as a meddy (Mediterranean Water EDDY). We also study the influence of a zonal coast south of the swoddy, via the "mirror effect". Firstly, a point-vortex model... |
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Palavras-chave: Bay of Biscay; Anticyclonic eddies; Swoddy; Meddy; Point vortex dynamics; Trajectory; Quasi-geostrophic model; In-situ observations. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00125/23589/21478.pdf |
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| Garreau, Pierre; Dumas, Franck; Louazel, Stephanie; Correard, Stéphanie; Fercocq, Solenn; Le Menn, Marc; Serpette, Alain; Garnier, Valerie; Stegner, Alexandre; Le Vu, Briac; Doglioli, Andrea; Gregori, Gerald. |
| From 2015 to 2018 four field experiments (seven legs) were performed in the Western Mediterranean basin during winter or early spring. The main objectives were the assessment of high-resolution modeling and the observation of mesoscale structure and associated ageostrophic dynamics. Thanks to the intensive use of a towed vehicle undulating in the upper oceanic layer between 0 and 400 m depth (SeaSoar), a large number of very high resolution hydrographic transects (total length about 10 000 km) were measured, observing mesoscale dynamics (slope current and its instabilities, anticyclonic eddies, submesoscale coherent vortices, frontal dynamics, convection events, strait outflows) and submesoscale processes like stirring, mixed-layer or symmetric... |
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| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00611/72277/71071.pdf |
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