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Multi‐Platform Observations and Numerical Simulations to Understand Meso and Submesoscale Processes
| Title: | Multi‐Platform Observations and Numerical Simulations to Understand Meso and Submesoscale Processes: A Case Study of Vertical Velocities in the Western Mediterranean. |
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| Name(s): |
Ruiz, Simon, author Mahadevan, Amala, author Pascual, Ananda, author Claret, Mariona, author Tintore, Joaquin, author Mason, Evan, author |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
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Text Book Part |
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| Date Issued: | 2018-08-01 | |
| Physical Form: |
computer online resource |
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| Extent: | 1 online resource | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | In this chapter we provide a description of an intense ocean front and an anomalous anticyclonic eddy in the Western Mediterranean. We use observations from two multi-platform experiments carried out in the eastern Alboran Sea and in the northern Balearic Islands. We diagnose mesoscale vertical motion ( 1-10m/day) associated with these ocean structures using quasi-geostrophic dynamics. A unique characteristic of both field experiments is the combination of conventional in situ measurements from ships with high-resolution observations using autonomous underwater vehicles (gliders). For the eastern Alboran Sea, we also use a high-resolution numerical model that is initialized with hydrographic data (0.5-1 km resolution) from gliders. Numerical simulations show that lateral buoyancy gradients are large enough to trigger submesoscale mixed layer instabilities. Results from the model illustrate that a mixed layer tracer subducts to form vertical intrusions extending to depths of 80-90 m, which is in agreement with remarkable subduction events of chlorophyll and oxygen captured by ocean gliders. | |
| Identifier: | FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1536168670_ff85647f (IID), 10.17125/gov2018.ch05 (DOI) | |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1536168670_ff85647f | |
| Host Institution: | FSU | |
| Is Part Of: | New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography. |
Ruiz, S., Mahadevan, A., Pascual, A., Claret, M., Tintore, J., & Mason, E. (2018). Multi‐Platform Observations and Numerical Simulations to Understand Meso and Submesoscale Processes: A Case Study of Vertical Velocities in the Western Mediterranean. New Frontiers In Operational Oceanography. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1536168670_ff85647f
