OBSERVATIONS OF A POLEWARD-FLOWING SALINE CORE ON THE CONTINENTAL-SLOPE WEST OF SCOTLAND

Authors
HILL AE MITCHELSONJACOB EG
Citation
Ae. Hill et Eg. Mitchelsonjacob, OBSERVATIONS OF A POLEWARD-FLOWING SALINE CORE ON THE CONTINENTAL-SLOPE WEST OF SCOTLAND, Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers, 40(7), 1993, pp. 1521-1527
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy
Journal title
Deep-sea research. Part 1. Oceanographic research papers → ACNP
ISSN journal
09670637
Volume
40
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1521 - 1527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0967-0637(1993)40:7<1521:OOAPSC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A well-defined core of high salinity (>35.36 PSU) water was observed o n the upper continental slope west of Scotland between August 1987 and February 1988 and it is identified with the poleward-flowing Scottish continental slope current. Core salinity decreased in the northward d irection consistent with mixing with surrounding fresher waters. The c ore had theta-S characteristics of North Atlantic Central Water and la y close to the Eastern North Atlantic Water (ENAW) theta-S curve. This , therefore, excludes the alternative possibility that it is of Medite rranean origin.