Aleinik, Dmitry L (1998): (Table 2) Observations of anticyclonic lenses of Mediterranean water in the Central North Atlantic [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.767613, Supplement to: Aleinik, DL (1998): The structure and evolution of a meddy and Azores frontal zone in autumn 1993. Translated from Okeanologiya, 1998, 38(3), 349-360, Oceanology, 38(3), 312-322
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Abstract:
Analyses of spatial structure of hydrophysical fields and its vertical evolution in the Northeast Atlantic in a layer from the surface down to 2-2.5 km are carried out based on results of measurements in a testing area (31°-36°N, 20°-26°W) southeast of the Azores in autumn 1993. A description of an anti-cyclonic lens (ACL) of Mediterranean water (MW), which was found in the eastern part of the testing area from data of sets of sequential surveys, is presented. Analysis of CTD and XBT measurements in an area west of the lens allows to conclude that despite some contraction of width of the Azores Current directed eastward (from 60-80 km to 50-60 km) its total eastward volume transport for a period of time from October to November does not vary much. It is shown that intermediate salinity maxima in the northern part of the testing area formed by advection of MW and meddy destruction weakens while intersecting the Azores frontal zone (AFZ) from north to south, displacing itself to larger depth, and increases in thickness. Analysis of data shows that the number of lenses observed within the selected area north of the AFZ is two times more than that observed south of it. North of the AFZ observed salinity maximum and local temperature maxima may be associated with accumulation of heat and salt because of the fact that the AFZ is not only a southern boundary of penetration of MW into the North Atlantic, but also is a "semitransparent" boundary for Mediterranean lenses.
Project(s):
Archive of Ocean Data (ARCOD)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 22.397024 * Median Longitude: -34.525000 * South-bound Latitude: 19.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -37.016667 * North-bound Latitude: 26.766667 * East-bound Longitude: -31.000000
Minimum DEPTH, water: 1000 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 1000 m
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Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | Geocode | ||
| 5 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Aleinik, Dmitry L | ||
| 6 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Aleinik, Dmitry L | ||
| 7 | Radius | Radius | km | Aleinik, Dmitry L | ||
| 8 | Salinity change | delta S | Aleinik, Dmitry L | |||
| 9 | Temperature, difference | delta T | °C | Aleinik, Dmitry L | ||
| 10 | Salinity | Sal | Aleinik, Dmitry L | |||
| 11 | Temperature, water | Temp | °C | Aleinik, Dmitry L | ||
| 12 | Observation | Obs | Aleinik, Dmitry L |
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