Seasonal variability of the upper warmwatersphere in the Canary Basin

Authors

  • A. W. Ratsimandresy Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • J. L. Pelegrí Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • A. Marrero-Díaz Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • A. Hernández-Guerra Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • A. Martínez Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2001.65s1251

Keywords:

Canary Basin, surface mixed layer, heat exchange

Abstract


Two years of periodic XBT data, along seven transects covering the Canary Basin, were examined to analyse the seasonal cycle of the upper layers of the warmwatersphere. This is characterised by seasonal storage/release of heat in the surface mixed layer and by the winter formation of a subsurface positive temperature anomaly. Its maximum value takes place in early winter and deepens to about 150 m in late spring, disappearing afterwards. We present a very simple argument, which illustrates how the evolution of the temperature anomaly is controlled both by the ocean-atmosphere heat exchange and by the shape of the North-Atlantic Central Water T-S relationship.

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Published

2001-07-30

How to Cite

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Ratsimandresy AW, Pelegrí JL, Marrero-Díaz A, Hernández-Guerra A, Martínez A. Seasonal variability of the upper warmwatersphere in the Canary Basin. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2001Jul.30 [cited 2024Mar.28];65(S1):251-8. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/720

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