Topographic Steering of the Mediterranean Outflow West of the Strait of Gibraltar
The narrow (14 km) and shallow (300 m) Strait of Gibraltar (SoG) forms the oceanic gateway between Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The mean exchange amounts to about 1 Sv in each direction (1 Sv = 106 m3 s-1) with the outflow of relatively cold (12.9 ºC) and highly saline (~38.45), dense (...
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Language: | English |
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Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10508/10573 |