Spring-summer climatological circulation in the upper layer in the region of Cape St. Vincent, Southwest Portugal

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Sanchez, R. F., Relvas, Paulo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2003
• Subjects: Wind-stress curl; Eastern North-Atlantic; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean outflow; Current system; Ocean; Variability; Boundary; Coast; Water; Curl; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11239; https://doi.org/10.1016/S1054-3139(03)00137-1

Geostrophic transport and hydrographic measurements derived from a historical database (1900-1998) were used to study the spring-summer mean circulation in the upper layer south and west of Cape St. Vincent, Southwest (SW) Portugal. The larger-scale circulation scheme is forced by equatorward winds...