Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66ºW
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:https://accedacris.ulpgc.es:10553/12754 2023-05-15T17:32:28+02:00 Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66ºW Hernández-Guerra, Alonso Joyce, Terrence 2015-02-06T03:30:33Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10553/12754 https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011230 eng eng Geophysical Research Letters 0094-8276 http://hdl.handle.net/10553/12754 doi:10.1029/1999GL011230 2-s2.0-0034352512 214109 WOS:000165063000017 by-nc-nd info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY-NC-ND Geophysical Research Letters [ISSN 0094-8276], v. 27 (21), p. 3497-3500 251007 Oceanografía física Article info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2015 ftunivlaspalmas https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL011230 2020-01-15T00:11:14Z 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 Under Water 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. 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 Under Water 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. |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66ºW |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66ºW |
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Water masses and circulation in the surface layers of the Caribbean at 66ºW |
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