(Table 2) Observations of anticyclonic lenses of Mediterranean water in the Central North Atlantic ...

• Main Author: Aleinik, Dmitry L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1998
• Subjects: Event label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; DEPTH, water; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; Radius; Salinity change; Temperature, difference; Salinity; Temperature, water; Observation; Multiple investigations; Archive of Ocean Data ARCOD; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.767613; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.767613

Analyses of spatial structure of hydrophysical fields and its vertical evolution in the Northeast Atlantic in a layer from the surface down to 2-2.5 km are carried out based on results of measurements in a testing area (31°-36°N, 20°-26°W) southeast of the Azores in autumn 1993. A description of an anti-cyclonic lens (ACL) of Mediterranean water (MW), which was found in the eastern part of the testing area from data of sets of sequential surveys, is presented. Analysis of CTD and XBT measurements in an area west of the lens allows to conclude that despite some contraction of width of the Azores Current directed eastward (from 60-80 km to 50-60 km) its total eastward volume transport for a period of time from October to November does not vary much. It is shown that intermediate salinity maxima in the northern part of the testing area formed by advection of MW and meddy destruction weakens while intersecting the Azores frontal zone (AFZ) from north to south, displacing itself to larger depth, and increases in ... : Supplement to: Aleinik, Dmitry L (1998): The structure and evolution of a meddy and Azores frontal zone in autumn 1993. Translated from Okeanologiya, 1998, 38(3), 349-360, Oceanology, 38(3), 312-322 ...