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García-Lafuente, Jesús; Sánchez Garrido, José Carlos; Naranjo, Cristina; Sammartino, Simone (2016): ADCP current profiles and conductivity and temperature collected at two points of Camarinal Sill, Strait of Gibraltar [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864967, Supplement to: García-Lafuente, Jesús; Naranjo, Cristina; Sammartino, Simone; Sánchez Garrido, José Carlos; Delgado Cabello, Javier (2016): The mediterranean outflow in the Strait of Gibraltar and its connection with upstream conditions in the Alboran Sea. PLoS ONE, 13(2), 195-207, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-195-2017

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Abstract:
The present study addresses the hypothesis that the Western Alborán Gyre in the Alborán Sea (the westernmost Mediterranean basin adjacent to the Strait of Gibraltar) influences the composition of the outflow through the Strait of Gibraltar. The process invoked is that strong and well-developed gyres help to evacuate the Western Mediterranean Deep Water from the Alboran basin, thus increasing its presence in the outflow, whereas weak gyres facilitates the outflow of Levantine and other Intermediate waters. To this aim, in situ observations collected at Camarinal (the main) and Espartel (the westernmost) sills of the Strait have been analyzed along with altimetry data, which were employed to obtain a representative proxy of the strength of the gyre. An encouraging correlation of the expected sign was observed between the time series of potential temperature at Espartel sill, which is show to keep information on the outflow composition, and the proxy of the Western Alborán Gyre, which strongly suggests the correctness of the hypothesis, although the weakness of the involved signals does not allow for drawing definitive conclusions.
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Median Latitude: 35.915840 * Median Longitude: -5.800328 * South-bound Latitude: 35.862000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.970000 * North-bound Latitude: 35.948070 * East-bound Longitude: -5.745350
Date/Time Start: 2004-09-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-09-21T00:00:00
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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  1. García-Lafuente, J; Sánchez Garrido, JC; Naranjo, C et al. (2016): ADCP current profiles collected at Camarinal Sill North, Strait of Gibraltar, Jun-Sep 2013, link to raw data in MATLAB format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864963
  2. García-Lafuente, J; Sánchez Garrido, JC; Naranjo, C et al. (2016): ADCP current profiles collected at Camarinal Sill South, Strait of Gibraltar, Jun-Sep 2013, link to raw data in MATLAB format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864964
  3. García-Lafuente, J; Sánchez Garrido, JC; Naranjo, C et al. (2016): Conductivity and temperature at Camarinal Sill North, Strait of Gibraltar, Jun-Sep 2013, link to raw data in SeaBird ASCII format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864965
  4. García-Lafuente, J; Sánchez Garrido, JC; Naranjo, C et al. (2016): Conductivity and temperature at Camarinal Sill South, Strait of Gibraltar, Jun-Sep 2013, link to raw data in SeaBird ASCII format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.864966
  5. García-Lafuente, J; Sánchez Garrido, JC; Naranjo, C et al. (2016): Subsampling of the potential temperature at the Espartel Sill. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.865042