The continental slope current system between Cape Verde and the Canary Islands

Special volume: Advances in Spanish physical oceanography. Scientia Marina 76(Suppl.1) 2012.-- 14 pages, 10 figures [EN] We use hydrographic, velocity and drifter data from a cruise carried out in November 2008 to describe the continental slope current system in the upper thermocline (down to 600 m)...

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Published in:Scientia Marina
Main Authors: Peña-Izquierdo, Jesús, Pelegrí, Josep Lluís, Pastor, Maria V., Castellanos, Paola, Emelianov, Mikhail, Gasser, Marc, Salvador, Joaquín, Vázquez-Domínguez, Evaristo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) 2012
Subjects:
Boundary circulation
Continental slope
Northwest Africa
Poleward undercurrent
Central water mass
Cape Verde frontal system
Circulación de frontera
Talud continental
África noroccidental
Corriente subsuperficial hacia el Polo
Masa de agua central
Sistema frontal de Cabo Verde
Polo
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/59508
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.03607.18C

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