The analysis of the first mesoscale experiment in the middle Adriatic Sea reveals the horizontal and vertical scale of the eddy field. The mesoscale variability is characterized by 10-20 km in diameter eddies. They are lower thermocline intensified, and the velocities in the upper and lower thermocline levels range from 10 to 1 cm s-1, respectively. The eddies are small because of the local Rossby radius deformation (5.4 and 2.8 km for the first and second internal baroclinic mode, respectively) and because they are second baroclinic mode intensified. The Levantine Intermediate Water is found in tongue-like features intruding between the intense eddy field. © 1993.
Paschini, E., Artegiani, A., Pinardi, N. (1993). The mesoscale eddy field of the middle Adriatic Sea during fall 1988. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 40(7), 1365-1377 [10.1016/0967-0637(93)90117-L].
The mesoscale eddy field of the middle Adriatic Sea during fall 1988
Pinardi N.
1993
Abstract
The analysis of the first mesoscale experiment in the middle Adriatic Sea reveals the horizontal and vertical scale of the eddy field. The mesoscale variability is characterized by 10-20 km in diameter eddies. They are lower thermocline intensified, and the velocities in the upper and lower thermocline levels range from 10 to 1 cm s-1, respectively. The eddies are small because of the local Rossby radius deformation (5.4 and 2.8 km for the first and second internal baroclinic mode, respectively) and because they are second baroclinic mode intensified. The Levantine Intermediate Water is found in tongue-like features intruding between the intense eddy field. © 1993.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
