Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66°W
A meridional hydrographic section was made in August-September 1997 at 66°W from the coast of Venezuela to Woods Hole aboard the R/V Knorr. In this report, we concentrate on near surface measurements in the Caribbean. The data show two distinct water masses with different origins. From approximately...
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ftunivlaspalmas:oai:accedacris.ulpgc.es:10553/47369 2023-05-15T17:32:19+02:00 Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66°W Hernandez-Guerra, A. Joyce, T. M. 6701736545 34975057000 BU-BAS 2000 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47369 https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011230 eng eng 0094-8276 Geophysical Research Letters 27 0094-8276 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/47369 doi:10.1029/1999GL011230 0034352512 Sí Geophysical Research Letters [ISSN 0094-8276], v. 27, p. 3497-3500 251007 Oceanografía física info:eu-repo/semantics/Article Article 2000 ftunivlaspalmas https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011230 2021-05-25T23:11:10Z A meridional hydrographic section was made in August-September 1997 at 66°W from the coast of Venezuela to Woods Hole aboard the R/V Knorr. In this report, we concentrate on near surface measurements in the Caribbean. The data show two distinct water masses with different origins. From approximately 14°N to Puerto Rico, Caribbean Surface Water and Subtropical UnderWater with their source in the North Atlantic are found, as previously observed. From Venezuela to approximately 13°N, a less saline water mass with its source in the Tropics and South Atlantic is found. Within the southern portion of the section, two different velocity patterns are observed, namely, an eastward flow with a subsurface maximum near the coast of Venezuela, and a surface intensified westward jet with velocities of 130 cm s-1 in midbasin. 3500 3497 4 Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Acceda Geophysical Research Letters 27 21 3497 3500 |
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A meridional hydrographic section was made in August-September 1997 at 66°W from the coast of Venezuela to Woods Hole aboard the R/V Knorr. In this report, we concentrate on near surface measurements in the Caribbean. The data show two distinct water masses with different origins. From approximately 14°N to Puerto Rico, Caribbean Surface Water and Subtropical UnderWater with their source in the North Atlantic are found, as previously observed. From Venezuela to approximately 13°N, a less saline water mass with its source in the Tropics and South Atlantic is found. Within the southern portion of the section, two different velocity patterns are observed, namely, an eastward flow with a subsurface maximum near the coast of Venezuela, and a surface intensified westward jet with velocities of 130 cm s-1 in midbasin. 3500 3497 4 |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66°W |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66°W |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66°W |
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