2022
DOI: 10.1029/2021jc017405
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Frontal Dynamics in the Alboran Sea: 1. Coherent 3D Pathways at the Almeria‐Oran Front Using Underwater Glider Observations

Abstract: Ocean fronts are areas that can support phytoplankton production through fertilization in the sunlit layer and the subduction of biogeochemical properties from the surface to the interior of the ocean. The Almeria‐Oran (AO) front is formed from the juxtaposition of fresh inflowing Atlantic waters and more saline re‐circulating Mediterranean waters. A fleet of three gliders flying in parallel lines was deployed across the AO to obtain observations in the CALYPSO project. These observations were combined with re… Show more

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“…The pointy and bell-shaped density contours are characteristic of the filamentogenesis processes (see Section 4.5). The density contour pattern indicates the intrusion of Atlantic waters from the north, as it is illustrated in Figure 1b and SST satellite images from Zarokanellos et al (2022). Figure 8d shows a high stratification in the upper ocean and in the sharp front, and a shallow mixed layer from the surface to 40 m depth.…”
Section: Glider Observations In Eag Frontmentioning
confidence: 71%
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“…The pointy and bell-shaped density contours are characteristic of the filamentogenesis processes (see Section 4.5). The density contour pattern indicates the intrusion of Atlantic waters from the north, as it is illustrated in Figure 1b and SST satellite images from Zarokanellos et al (2022). Figure 8d shows a high stratification in the upper ocean and in the sharp front, and a shallow mixed layer from the surface to 40 m depth.…”
Section: Glider Observations In Eag Frontmentioning
confidence: 71%
“…The spatio-temporal scales of the gradient intensification in the EAGF in the simulation are about 20-30 km wide and about 4 days. As a comparison, glider observations indicate a 10-45 km cross-frontal scale (Zarokanellos et al, 2022). After describing the spatio-temporal scales characteristics of the WAGF and EAGF, the intensification and processes associated with the vertical velocities are discussed in the next paragraph.…”
Section: Processes For Vertical Velocities Development In the Alboran...mentioning
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