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    A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995

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    Date
    1998-06
    Author
    Hunt, Heather D.  Concept link
    Wooding, Christine M.  Concept link
    Chandler, Cynthia L.  Concept link
    Bower, Amy S.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/322
    Location
    8.5°W
    Portugal
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/322
    Keyword
     Meddies; Floats; Mediterranean Water; Oceanus (Ship : 1975-) Cruise; Kialoa II (Ship) Cruise; Endeavor (Ship: 1976-) Cruise 
    Abstract
    This is the final data report of all acoustically tracked RAFOS data collected in 1993-1995 during A Mediterranean Undercurrent Seeding Experiment (AMUSE). The overall objective of the program was to observe directly the spreading pathways by which Mediterranean Water enters the North Atlantic. This includes the direct observation of Mediterranean eddies (meddies), which is one mechanism that transports Mediterranean Water to the North Atlantic. The experiment was comprised of a repeated high-resolution expendable bathythermograph (XBT) section and RAFOS float deployments across the Mediterranean Undercurrent south of Portugal near 8.5°W. A total of 49 floats were deployed at a rate of about two floats per week on 23 cruises on the chartered Portuguese-based vessel, Kialoa II, and one cruise on the R/V Endeavor. The floats were ballasted for 1100 or 1200 decibars (db) to seed the lower salinity core of the Mediterranean Undercurrent. The objectives of the Lagrangian float study were (1) to identify where meddies form, (2) to make the first direct estimate of meddy formation frequency, (3) to estimate the fraction of time meddies are being formed, and (4) to determine the pathways by which Mediterranean Water which is not trapped in meddies enters the North Atlantic.
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    Hunt, H. D., Wooding, C. M., Chandler, C. L., & Bower, A. S. (1998). A Mediterranean undercurrent seeding experiment (AMUSE) : part II: RAFOS float data report, May 1993-March 1995. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/322
     

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