Recent improvements in mesoscale characterization of the western Mediterranean Seasynergy between satellite altimetry and other observational approaches

  1. ANANDA PASCUAL 1
  2. JÉRÔME BOUFFARD 2
  3. SIMÓN RUIZ 1
  4. BRUNO BUONGIORNO NARDELLI 3
  5. ENRIQUE VIDAL-VIJANDE 1
  6. ROMAIN ESCUDIER 1
  7. JUAN MANUEL SAYOL 1
  8. ALEJANDRO ORFILA 1
  1. 1 Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/ Miquel Marquès, 21, 07190 Esporles, Spain.
  2. 2 Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography(M I O), 13288, Marseille, Cedex 9, France; Université du Sud Toulon-Var, 83957, La Garde Cedex, France CNRS-INSU/IRD UM 110.
  3. 3 Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima, Roma, Italy. Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero, Napoli, Italy.
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Scientia Marina

ISSN: 0214-8358

Any de publicació: 2013

Volum: 77

Número: 1

Pàgines: 19-36

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.3989/SCIMAR.03740.15A DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Avances recientes en la caracterización de la mesoescala en la cuenca mediterránea occidental: sinergias entre altimetría y otros sistemas de observación. – La altimetría satelitaria es una componente clave del sistema de observación global y juega un papel importante en el estudio de los procesos de mesoescala que impulsan la mayor parte de la variabilidad de la circulación oceánica en las latitudes medias y altas. Sin embargo, la altimetría por satélite sólo proporciona información superficial y con una resolución espacio- temporal limitada. Para hacer frente a estas limitaciones, es necesario complementar los datos de altimetría con otras medidas. Este estudio proporciona una actualización de los avances recientes en el estudio de la variabilidad de mesoescala utilizando una combinación de observaciones altimétricas con otros datos independientes en el Mediterráneo Occidental. La circulación en esta zona es compleja debido a la presencia de múltiples escalas interactuando entre ellas: cuenca, sub-cuenca y estructuras de mesoescala. Por tanto, la caracterización de estos procesos requiere de alta resolución en las observaciones y de enfoques multi-sensoriales. En este trabajo, presentamos una revisión de diversos experimentos multi-plataforma que se han diseñado y llevado a cabo en los diferentes sub-cuencas del Mediterráneo occidental durante los últimos años. Estos estudios han demostrado las ventajas de los enfoques sinérgicos y métodos innovadores que utilizan una combinación de técnicas de observación, y que son capaces de mejorar nuestra comprensión de la dinámica de mesoescala

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