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AMS (American Meteorological Society)
In:
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17 (1). pp. 158-163.
Publication Date:
2020-08-04
Description:
The existence of energetic anticyclonic mid-depth vortices of Mediterranean Water (meddies) questions the validity of a conventional advective–diffusive balance in the eastern Atlantic subtropical gyre. A mesoscale experiment in the Azores–Madeira region reveals a link of these meddies to large-scale subsurface meanders. For the first time it is shown that meddies may have strong surface vorticity, indicative of a generation process involving the Azores Current—a deep reaching near-surface jet.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
Format:
text
DOI:
10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017〈0158:RMSLT〉2.0.CO;2
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