Abstract: A set of 102 high-resolution hydrographic lines (mostly XBT lines) in the eastern North Atlantic is used to study baroclinic vortices dynamically intensified within the Central Water layer. First, for the sake of comparison ...

Abstract: A Lagrangian one-dimensional model is used to study the subduction of Subpolar Mode Water in the eastern North Atlantic and to analyze recently observed hydrological features related to this process. Considering a southward ...

Abstract: A high-resolution survey was conducted as part of the 2001 Programme Ocean Multidisciplinaire Meso Echelle (POMME 2) experiment in a region of the northeast Atlantic Ocean characterized by a large number of strongly ...

Abstract: A meddy was discovered in April 1997 off the northwestern corner of Spain, near 45°N, 11°30?W. It was tracked during 18 months with Lagrangian floats and deep drogued buoys, and several cruises were set to collect further ...