Mediterranean Water: An Intense Mesoscale Eddy off the Bahamas

Mediterranean Water: An Intense Mesoscale Eddy off the Bahamas

An anticyclonic lens of water in the permanent thermocline off the Bahamas has water mass characteristics representing Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic central waters. This eddy's ability to translate across the Atlantic without losing its identity points to baroclinic eddies as a specific me...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1978-12, Vol.202 (4372), p.1085-1087
Hauptverfasser: McDowell, Scott E., Rossby, H. Thomas
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cruises
Salinity
Saltwater
Sea water
Seas
Temperature profiles
Thermoclines
Topography
Trajectories
Water temperature
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Zusammenfassung:An anticyclonic lens of water in the permanent thermocline off the Bahamas has water mass characteristics representing Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic central waters. This eddy's ability to translate across the Atlantic without losing its identity points to baroclinic eddies as a specific mechanism for large-scale mixing.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.202.4372.1085