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contributor authorViúdez, Álvaro
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:52:41Z
date available2017-06-09T14:52:41Z
date copyright1997/08/01
date issued1997
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-28754.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4165905
description abstractA consistent explanation for the anticyclonic curvature of the Atlantic jet as it passes through the Strait of Gibraltar and flows into the Mediterranean Sea (eastern side of the strait) is provided. The anticyclonic curvature of the Atlantic jet, which is the key feature to understand the upper-layer circulation in the western Alboran Sea, is simply related to the positive net evaporation over the Mediterranean. The result of this positive net evaporation, that mainly occurs in areas of the Mediterranean far from the Strait of Gibraltar, is a net inflow transport through the strait. It is proposed that the positive net evaporation is able to produce such a net inflow in the strait because of an anomalous large-scale pressure gradient. This anomalous pressure gradient is found to be approximately collinear to the strait orientation. The time-averaged inflow of Atlantic water at the eastern side of the Strait of Gibraltar must therefore be supergeostrophic, and hence it must have anticyclonic curvature.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleAn Explanation for the Curvature of the Atlantic Jet past the Strait of Gibraltar
typeJournal Paper
journal volume27
journal issue8
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1804:AEFTCO>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1804
journal lastpage1810
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;1997:;Volume( 027 ):;issue: 008
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