Importance of the variability of hydrographic preconditioning for deep convection in the Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean
We study the variability of hydrographic preconditioning defined as the heat and salt contents in the Ligurian Sea before convection. The stratification is found to reach a maximum in the intermediate layer in December, whose causes and consequences for the interannual variability of convection are...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Ocean Science |
| Online Access: | http://www.ocean-sci.net/6/573/2010/os-6-573-2010.pdf |