The drift of Modified Atlantic Water from the Alboran Sea to the eastern Mediterranean

The Algerian basin is a region of the western Mediterranean with a highly variable circulation structure, including the eastward transport of Modified Atlantic Water (MAW) in its surface layer. An experiment with satellite tracked Lagrangian drifters was performed in 1996-97 to analyse the mesoscale...

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Main Authors: J. Font, C. Millot, J. Salas, A. Juliá, O. Chic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 1998-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/965