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Souza, Aj; Simpson, Jh; Harikrishnan, M; Malarkey, J. |
The intensity, structure and variability of the slope current have been determined from 16 months of observations with Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) and conventional current meters on a cross-slope section at the Hebridean shelf edge during the Shelf Edge Study (SES) programme. After removal of the tidal signals, the mean flow over the upper slope is found to be closely parallel to the topography with speeds of . 20 cmEs.1. The flow extends down to a depth of 500 m and is predominantly barotropic, especially in winter when the flow is practically uniform between 350 m and the surface. In summer, there is a significant baroclinic component with a pronounced maximum in current at a depth of about 200 m but more than 80% of the kinetic energy is... |
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Palavras-chave: Slope current; Seasonality; Velocity structure. |
Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00292/40275/38648.pdf |
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Serpette, A; Le Cann, Bernard; Colas, Francois. |
Between 1994 and 2001, several experiments (ARCANE, SEFOS, INTERAFOS) were conducted to directly measure the general and mesoscale Lagrangian circulations over the Bay of Biscay abyssal plain and slopes. Two levels (~100 m and ~450 m) were selected to cover the North Atlantic Central Water range. Two types of Lagrangian instruments, drogued surface drifters tracked by satellite (Surdrift) and acoustically tracked subsurface floats (Rafos and Marvor), were used. Overall, more than 36 instrument-years were collected in the Bay of Biscay region (43-49°N, 01-12°W). The weak general circulation in the Bay of Biscay is seen to be highly influenced by the occurrence of several mesoscale coherent features, notably slope currents and eddies, and these affect the... |
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Palavras-chave: Slope ocean exchanges; Mesoscale eddies; Slope current; Lagrangian floats and surface drifters; Bay of Biscay. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-6435.pdf |
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