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| Solabarrieta, Lohitzune; Rubio, Anna; Castanedo, Sonia; Medina, Raul; Charria, Guillaume; Hernandez, Carl. |
| High Frequency (HF) radar stations have been working operationally in the southeastern part of the Bay of Biscay since 2009. The (2) systems provide hourly surface currents, with 5 km spatial resolution and a radial coverage lying close to 180 km. The detailed and quantitative description of the spatial patterns observed by the HF radar offers new evidence on the main ocean processes, at different time scales, affecting a study area where surface currents show marked temporal and spatial variability. A clear seasonality in terms of sea surface currents and along-slope circulation is observed, with cyclonic and anticyclonic patterns during the winter and summer months, respectively. From the analysis of low-pass filtered currents, a key component of this... |
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Palavras-chave: HF radar; Surface circulation patterns; Seasonal and mesoscale variability; Inertial currents; Bay of Biscay; Iberian Poleward Current (IPC). |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00169/28063/26380.pdf |
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