Origin and dynamics of mesoscale eddies in the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean): Insight from a numerical model study

Rubio, Anna; Barnier, Bernard; Jordá, Gabriel; Espino, M.; Marsaleix, Patrick

doi:10.1029/2007jc004245

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Origin and dynamics of mesoscale eddies in the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean): Insight from a numerical model study

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres • Jun 1, 2009

Authors:

Anna Rubio

Bernard Barnier

Gabriel Jordá

Abstract

Past observations and satellite sea surface temperature imagery indicate the presence of mesoscale anticyclonic eddies drifting along the Catalan coast. In September 2001 one of these anticyclonic eddies was surveyed over the shelf break during an oceanographic cruise which permitted the 3‐D descrip...

Subject

Eddy

Anticyclone

Mesoscale meteorology

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