A persistent deep anticyclonic vortex in the Rockall Trough sustained by Anticyclonic Vortices Shed From the slope current and wintertime convection

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Smilenova, Angelina, Gula, Jonathan, Le Corre, Mathieu, Houpert, Loïc, Reecht, Yves
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528829/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/528829/1/2019JC015905.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015905

The presence of a persistent surface anticyclone centered at approximately 55°N, 12°W in the Rockall Trough, northeast North Atlantic, has been previously noted in satellite altimetry data. Here, we show that this surface anticyclone is the imprint of a deep, persistent, non‐stationary anticyclonic...