Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open‐sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

Durrieu de Madron, Xavier; Houpert, Loïc; Puig, Pere; Sànchez‐Vidal, Anna; Testor, Pierre; Bosse, Anthony; Estournel, Claude; Somot, Samuel; Bourrin, François; Bouin, Marie‐Noëlle; Beauverger, M.; Béguery, Laurent; Calafat, Antoni; Canals, Miquel; Cassou, Christophe; Coppola, Laurent; Dausse, Denis; D’Ortenzio, Fabrizio; Font, Jordi; Heussner, Serge; Kunesch, S.; Lefèvre, Dominique; Le Goff, Hervé; Martín, Jacobo; Mortier, Laurent; Palanqués, Albert; Raimbault, P.

doi:10.1002/grl.50331

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Interaction of dense shelf water cascading and open‐sea convection in the northwestern Mediterranean during winter 2012

Published in Geophysical Research Letters • Mar 13, 2013

Authors:

Xavier Durrieu de Madron

Loïc Houpert

Pere Puig

Abstract

Abstract The winter of 2012 experienced peculiar atmospheric conditions that triggered a massive formation of dense water on the continental shelf and in the deep basin of the Gulf of Lions. Multiplatforms observations enabled a synoptic view of dense water formation and spreading at basin scale. Fi...

Subject

Mediterranean sea

Structural basin

Oceanography

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