Study of coastal eddies: application in the Gulf of Lion

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Niveau: Supérieur, Doctorat, Bac+8
Study of coastal eddies: application in the Gulf of Lion Z. Y. Hu a,?, A. A. Petrenko a, A. M. Doglioli a, I. Dekeyser a aUniversite de la Mditerranee - Aix Marseille II, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Physique et Biogeochimique, UMR 6535, OSU/Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille, Campus de Luminy case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France. Abstract Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and Expendable Bathy Thermograph (XBT) data were collected during the Latex08 cruise (September 1 - 5, 2008) throughout the western part of the gulf of Lion. These data, combined with Sea Surface Temperature (SST) satellite images and Lagrangian drifter trajectories, show the presence of an intense anticyclonic eddy in the western side of the gulf. The eddy is elliptic in shape and the estimated radii are 21.5 (15.5) km for its major (minor) axis. The vertical extent of the eddy reached about 35 m depth and was limited by the bottom of the seasonal mixed layer. The eddy interacts with the Northern Current at the end of the cruise, maybe leading to its deformation. More- over complementary drifter data suggest that this anticyclonic eddy was already present at the beginning of August 2008. Hence the eddy lasted around 50 days in the same region. Some hypothesis about the formation and behaviour of the eddy are also discussed.

• latex08 cruise


• eddy lasted


• adcp


• eddies could


• drifter


• sea state


• cruise


• minimum velocity


• structures could play

Sujets

• Drifter
• Sea state
• Cruise

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• Publié par: profil-zyak-2012
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English

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Studyofcoastaleddies:applicationinthe GulfofLion Z.Y.Hu a , ∗ ,A.A.Petrenko a ,A.M.Doglioli a ,I.Dekeyser a a Universite´delaMditerrane´e-AixMarseilleII,CNRS,Laboratoire d’Oce´anographiePhysiqueetBioge´ochimique,UMR6535,OSU/Centre d’Oce´anologiedeMarseille,CampusdeLuminycase901,13288MarseilleCedex 9,France. Abstract AcousticDopplerCurrentProfiler(ADCP)andExpendableBathyThermograph (XBT)datawerecollectedduringtheLatex08cruise(September1-5,2008) throughoutthewesternpartofthegulfofLion.Thesedata,combinedwithSea SurfaceTemperature(SST)satelliteimagesandLagrangiandriftertrajectories, showthepresenceofanintenseanticycloniceddyinthewesternsideofthegulf. Theeddyisellipticinshapeandtheestimatedradiiare21.5(15.5)kmforitsmajor (minor)axis.Theverticalextentoftheeddyreachedabout35mdepthandwas limitedbythebottomoftheseasonalmixedlayer.Theeddyinteractswiththe NorthernCurrentattheendofthecruise,maybeleadingtoitsdeformation.More- overcomplementarydrifterdatasuggestthatthisanticycloniceddywasalready presentatthebeginningofAugust2008.Hencetheeddylastedaround50daysin thesameregion.Somehypothesisabouttheformationandbehaviouroftheeddy arealsodiscussed. Keywords:(Sub)mesoscaleeddies;GulfofLion;northwesternMediterraneanSea; LATEXproject 1 1Introduction 2 Oceaniceddiesmayhaveanimportantimpactontransferandredistributionof 3 heat,energyandmatter.Severalstudieshavepreviouslyfocusedonmesoscale 4 eddiesandtheirinfluencesonbiogeochemicaldistributions(e.g.Garonetal., ∗ Correspondingauthor. Emailaddress: [e-mail] (Z.Y.Hu). PreprintsubmittedtoElsevier15September2009