The Mediterranean water tongue and its chlorofluoromethane signal in the Iberian Basin in early summer 1989.

Hinrichsen, Hans-Harald, Rhein, Monika, Käse, Rolf H. and Zenk, Walter (1993) The Mediterranean water tongue and its chlorofluoromethane signal in the Iberian Basin in early summer 1989. Open Access Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 98 (C5). p. 8405. DOI 10.1029/93JC00040.

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Abstract

Hydrographic observations from the Iberian Basin demonstrate the variability of water masses in upper and intermediate layers. The surveyed area embraces the internal front between water masses from higher latitudes and the Mediterranean outflow, exhibits several isolated Mediterranean eddy (meddy) structures at middepth, and displays the virtual source region for the Mediterranean Water (MW) tongue off the Portuguese continental slope. The description is enhanced by additional chlorofluoromethane measurements, which show anomalously high concentrations at middepth, due to mixing of MW with the overlying Atlantic waters in the Gulf of Cadiz. The geostrophic stream function shows several meddylike features that not only are remarkably extended in the depth range of the MW, but are also correlated with surface height anomalies.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: R.V. Poseidon; POS159
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB3 Marine Ecology > FB3-EV Marine Evolutionary Ecology
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-TM Theory and Modeling
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-PO Physical Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: AGU (American Geophysical Union)
Projects: SFB133
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Date Deposited: 05 Apr 2016 13:58
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 19:15
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31962

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