THE INTERMEDIATE MEDITERRANEAN WATER INFLOW ALONG THE NORTHERN SLOPE OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

During the SEFOS 95 cruise (25 March to 15 April 1995) (figure I) a nu mber of CTD casts were made in order to study the intermediate Mediter ranean water (IMW) off the west and north coasts of the Iberian Penins ula. One long-term mooring, for current measurement at four levels, wa s deployed at 43 degrees 57' N - 5 degrees 51' Vii from February to Ma y. We establish a picture of the distribution and transformation of th e IMW along the coast of the Iberian Peninsula based on the thermohali ne characteristics of the water masses and the determination of the pe rcentage content of the IMW by the use of the triangle of vertical mix ing of the North Atlantic central water (NACW), IMW and Labrador water (LW) [3]. A generalised temperature/salinity (T/S) curve is plotted ( figure 6) on the basis of the T/S curves of the cruise. The results of 3 months' current measurements are shown. (C) Elsevier, Paris