Dispersion over the Hebridean and Shetland shelves and slopes

Authors
Burrows, M Thorpe, SA Meldrum, DT
Citation
M. Burrows et al., Dispersion over the Hebridean and Shetland shelves and slopes, CONT SHELF, 19(1), 1999, pp. 49-55
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
ISSN journal
02784343 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
49 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-4343(199901)19:1<49:DOTHAS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Drifters have been deployed during the summer and winter seasons over the H ebrides slope and tracked for up to 240 days. The tracks vividly illustrate the variable diffusion processes near the shelf break, Currents were 0.1-0 .3 m s(-1) in the slope current (the lower value in the summer), cross slop e Bow was inhibited and dispersion was anisotropic. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scien ce Ltd. All rights reserved.