Fall flow reversals at Intermediate Waters in the Lanzarote Passage from nine-year record
Two 9-yr current-meter and salinity records, together with climatological data, reveal marked seasonal variability of the intermediate flow at a key location in the Canary Basin. The region is characterized by a summer (July–September) and early fall (October) northward progression of Antarctic Inte...
Published in: | Journal of Physical Oceanography |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Centro Oceanográfico de Canarias
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7849 https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4320.1 |
Summary: | Two 9-yr current-meter and salinity records, together with climatological data, reveal marked seasonal variability of the intermediate flow at a key location in the Canary Basin. The region is characterized by a summer (July–September) and early fall (October) northward progression of Antarctic Intermediate Water followed by a fall (November–December) intense flow reversal of Mediterranean Water. A Sverdrup-type model confirms that these movements are associated with stretching or shrinking of the intermediate water strata. 2 |
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