Five drifters in a Mediterranean salt lens
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1988
Abstract
Five neutrally buoyant drifters were set in the center of a Mediterranean salt lens to test the idea that they could "tag" and relocate it at a later time. All drifters remained trapped in the lens for their entire periods of submergence, two for 3 months and three for 6 months. The evidence that they did so is clear: they surfaced in groups, and their average temperatures were 3°C higher than is typical for their depth of operation. Detailed analysis of the pressure/temperature records indicate that one can observe the rotation of the lens due to its inclination in the large-scale baroclinic shear. The drifters were also an effective monitor of internal tide activity. A fortnightly modulation was evident. On one occassion the peak-to-peak internal displacement reached 80 m a few days after new moon. © 1988.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers
Volume
35
Issue
9
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Rossby, T.. "Five drifters in a Mediterranean salt lens." Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers 35, 9 (1988). doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(88)90108-2.