The Liguro-Provençal-Catalan current (NW Mediterranean) observed by Doppler profiling in the Balearic Sea
For the first time a vessel-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler has allowed a general current survey on the continental slope off northeast Spain in spring 1989. The path of the Liguro-Proven~al-Catalanc urrent has been followed from 41º 40' to 38º 45' N. The structure of the current...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repository: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:212628 |
| Online Access: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/212628 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | General circulation Shelf/slope current Frontal jet Acoustic Doppler profiling Northwestern Mediterranean Circulación general Corriente de talud/plataforma Chorro frontal Perfilador acústico por efecto Doppler Mediterráneo noroccidental |
| Summary: | For the first time a vessel-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler has allowed a general current survey on the continental slope off northeast Spain in spring 1989. The path of the Liguro-Proven~al-Catalanc urrent has been followed from 41º 40' to 38º 45' N. The structure of the current appears to be, in the northern part, an alongslope frontal jet 35 km wide and 250 m deep, with maximum velocities of 30 c d s and a total flux of 1 Sv. In the southern part, the Gulf of Valencia, the current weakens and is partially detached from the slope and entrained in an anticyclonic gyre. Most of the flow feeds the return Balearic current and only a small part, 0.24 Sv, leaves the basin through the Eivissa sill. |
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