On the influence of Mediterranean Water on the Central Waters of the North Atlantic Ocean
| Autor: | Yves Morel, Cecilie Mauritzen, Jérôme Paillet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Water mass
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 010505 oceanography Water flow North Atlantic Deep Water Aquatic Science Oceanography 01 natural sciences Salinity Mediterranean sea Circumpolar deep water Deep ocean water Thermohaline circulation Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 48:347-381 |
| ISSN: | 0967-0637 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0967-0637(00)00043-1 |
| Popis: | Within the Central waters of the North Atlantic Ocean there is a signi"cant east}west di!erence in salinity, similar to that caused by Mediterranean Water at deeper levels. In this paper we hypothesize that the salinity of the Central Water is in#uenced by the saline Mediterranean Out#ow Water, despite physical separation of the two water masses by a salinity minimum over most of the ocean basin. It is suggested that there occurs a cross-isopycnal #ux of salinity from the Mediterranean Out#ow Water towards the low-density Central Water (detrainment) in the eastern Gulf of Cadiz, not far from the Strait of Gibraltar, where the two water masses are in physical contact. Laboratory experiments, inverse modeling and direct current observations are applied to support the hypothesis. ( 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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