Mediterranean Sea; Drifters; Strait of Gibraltar; Oceanography; Currents
Abstract :
[en] On 9 September 2014, an intensive drifter deployment was carried out in the Strait of Gibraltar. In the frame of the MEDESS-4MS Project (EU MED Program), the MEDESS-GIB experiment consisted of the deployment of 35 satellite tracked drifters, mostly of CODE-type, equipped with temperature sensor sampling at a rate of 30min. Drifters were distributed along and on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar. The MEDESS-GIB deployment plan was designed as to ensure quasi-synoptic spatial coverage. To this end, four boats covering an area of about 680NM2 in 6h were coordinated. As far as these authors know, this experiment is the most important exercise in the area in terms of number of drifters released. Collected satellite-tracked data along drifter trajectories have been quality controlled and processed to build the presented MEDESS-GIB database. This paper reports the MEDESS-GIB data set that comprises drifter trajectories, derived surface currents and in situ SST measurements collected along the buoys tracks. This series of data is available through the PANGAEA (Data Publisher for Earth and Environmental Science) repository, with the following doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.853701. Likewise, the MEDESS-GIB data will be incorporated as part of the Copernicus Marine historical products. The MEDESS-GIB data set provides a complete Lagrangian view of the surface inflow of Atlantic waters through the Strait of Gibraltar and thus, very useful data for further studies on the surface circulation patterns in the Alboran Sea, and their links with one of the most energetic Mediterranean Sea flows: the Algerian Current.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Sotillo, Marcos; Puertos del Estado
Garcia-Ladona; Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM - CSIC)
Orfila, Alejandro; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
Rodríguez-Rubio, Pablo
Maraver, José Cristobal
Conti, Daniel; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
Padorno, Elena
Jiménez, José Antonio
Capó, Ester; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
Pérez, Fernando
Sayol, Juan Manuel; Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)
De Los Santos, Francisco Javier
Amo, Arancha
Rietz, Ana
Troupin, Charles ; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears (SOCIB) > Data Center Facility
Tintoré, Joaquín; Sistema d’observació i predicció costaner de les Illes Balears (SOCIB)
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