The Western Alboran Gyre helps ventilate the Western Mediterranean Deep Water through Gibraltar

Autor:	José Carlos Sánchez Garrido, Cristina Naranjo, Antonio J. Sánchez Roman, Jesús García Lafuente, Javier Delgado Cabello
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Mediterranean climate geography geography.geographical_feature_category Aquatic Science Geostrophic velocity Oceanography Deep water Sill Ocean gyre Potential temperature Outflow Altimeter Geology
Zdroj:	Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 63:157-163
ISSN:	0967-0637
DOI:	10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.003
Popis:	Variable properties of the Mediterranean outflow and the variability of the Western Alboran Gyre are analyzed by means of 5-year long time series of near bottom potential temperature at Espartel sill in the Strait of Gibraltar and altimetry data in the Alboran Sea. Geostrophic velocity at the southern edge of the gyre and potential temperature at Espartel sill are significantly correlated (correlation coefficient 0.67), suggesting that the intensification of the Alboran Gyre favors the ventilation of Western Mediterranean Deep Water. The analysis of historical temperature profiles shows that Western Mediterranean Deep Water in the Alboran Sea can be suctioned from a layer between 500 and 700 m depth for typical changes of the gyre intensification.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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