2015
DOI: 10.1002/2014jc010263
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Spreading of Levantine Intermediate Waters by submesoscale coherent vortices in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea as observed with gliders

Abstract: Since 2007, gliders have been regularly deployed in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, a crucial region regarding the thermohaline circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. It revealed for the first time very warm (10.48C) and saline (10.1) submesoscale anticyclones at intermediate depth characterized by a small radius ($5 km), high Rossby ($0.3), and Burger ($0.7) numbers. They are likely order of 10 to be formed each year, have a life time order a year and certainly contribute significantly to the spreading of … Show more

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“…This is relatively small compared to other oceans owing to the low stratification of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. As in Bosse et al [2015], the cross-track potential density is filtered using a Gaussian moving average of 2 km variance (significant width of about 6 km).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…This is relatively small compared to other oceans owing to the low stratification of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. As in Bosse et al [2015], the cross-track potential density is filtered using a Gaussian moving average of 2 km variance (significant width of about 6 km).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…By comparing its dead reckoning navigation and GPS fixes at the surface, they also deduce a current between two surfacings-hereafter referred to as the ''depth-average currents'' (DAC)-representing the mean currents averaged over each dive. A compass calibration has been carried out before each deployment allowing DAC to be used to reference geostrophic velocities as commonly done in previous studies [Gourdeau et al, 2008;Davis et al, 2008;Bouffard et al, 2010Bouffard et al, , 2012Pietri et al, 2013;Høydalsvik et al, 2013;Pelland et al, 2013;Pietri et al, 2014;Bosse et al, 2015;Thomsen et al, 2016].…”
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