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| Meunier, Thomas; Barton, E. D.; Barreiro, B.; Torres, R.. |
| The hydrographical and dynamical properties of the upwelling filaments forming off Cap Blanc (Mauritania) are investigated using remotely sensed and in situ data collected in April/May 2009 during the strongest upwelling season. The area is situated at the southern edge of the NW African upwelling system, where the Cape Verde Frontal Zone (CVFZ) separates warmer, saltier North Atlantic Central Water (NACW) and cooler, fresher South Atlantic Central Water (SACW). Sea surface temperature images indicated the presence of an upwelling filament extending >280 km offshore, rooted over the Cap Blanc promontory and entrained around a warm-core anticyclonic eddy. After this filament started to decay, a new cold filament developed at the approximate same... |
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| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00098/20920/18578.pdf |
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