RT Journal Article
T1 Estimation of the Atlantic inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar from climatological and in situ data
A1 Soto-Navarro, Francisco Javier
A1 Criado-Aldeanueva, Francisco
A1 García-Lafuente, Jesús
A1 Sánchez-Román, Antonio
K1 Circulación oceánica - Gibraltar (Estrecho)
K1 Atlántico - Gibraltar (Estrecho)
AB Atmospheric data from reanalysis, satellite, and experimental observations have been combined to calculate a four‐year time series of the Atlantic inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar. The net flow through the strait, estimated from the Mediterranean water budget, and the Mediterranean outflow, estimated from currentmeter observations in Espartel sill (western Strait of Gibraltar) from October 2004 to January 2009, made it possible to estimate the Atlantic inflow as the sum of both of them. The obtained mean net flow is 0.038 ± 0.007 Sv, with a seasonal cycle of 0.042 ± 0.018 Sv annual amplitude and maximum in September. The Mediterranean outflow shows a seasonal signal with annual amplitude of 0.027 ± 0.015 Sv peaking in April (in absolute value), and a mean value of −0.78 ± 0.05 Sv. The resulting Atlantic inflow has a mean value of 0.81 ± 0.06 Sv and a seasonal cycle with annual amplitude of 0.034 ± 0.011 Sv, peaking in September, and high interannual variability. The inflow seasonal cycle is the result of a barotropic forcing associated with the cycle of the net flow, driven by the evaporative cycle, and a baroclinic forcing linked to the seasonal cycle of the reduced gravity that drives the exchange.
PB American Geophysical Union
YR 2010
FD 2010-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29356
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/29356
LA eng
NO Soto‐Navarro, J., F. Criado‐Aldeanueva, J. García‐Lafuente, and A. Sánchez‐Román (2010), Estimation of the Atlantic inflow through the Strait of Gibraltar from climatological and in situ data, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C10023, doi:10.1029/2010JC006302.
NO Este trabajo se llevó a cabo en el marco del proyecto P07‐RNM‐02938, financiado por la Junta de Andalucía. JSN disfrutaba una beca de doctorado de la Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía. También se recibió apoyo parcial de los proyectos CTM2006‐02326/MAR (INGRES 2) y CTM2009‐05810‐E, del plan nacional de investigación.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026