Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3406610j&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 6, CiteID L06610
Physics
6
Oceanography: Physical: Coriolis Effects, Oceanography: Physical: Eastern Boundary Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Eddies And Mesoscale Processes, Oceanography: Physical: Enso (4922), Oceanography: Physical: Hydrography And Tracers
Scientific paper
Upper-ocean eddies are commonly observed from remote sensing, but submerged eddies are more difficult to detect. During July 2004, a 21-day hydrographic survey in the southern region of the California Current was carried out to investigate the mesoscale variability. We observed for the first time a subsurface anticyclonic eddy off northern Baja California with the same water mass characteristics as the California Undercurrent. The core of the eddy was quasi-circular with radii of 35 km and thickness of 250 m. The maximum swirl velocity was ~3 cms-1. The water mass of the core of the eddy was characterized by potential temperature of 11°C, salinity of 34.5, and dissolved oxygen of 1.4 mll-1. The eddy propagated westward. The subsurface warm-eddy could transport relatively saline water into the North Pacific subtropical gyre.
Gomez-Valdes Jose
Jerónimo Gilberto
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