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Across-Shore Propagation of Subthermocline Eddies in the California Current System
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2022
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Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(1), 39-51
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Journal Title:Journal of Physical Oceanography
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Description:Though subthermocline eddies (STEs) have often been observed in the world oceans, characteristics of STEs such as their patterns of generation and propagation are less understood. Here, the across-shore propagation of STEs in the California Current System (CCS) is observed and described using 13 years of sustained coastal glider measurements on three glider transect lines off central and southern California as part of the California Underwater Glider Network (CUGN). The across-shore propagation speed of anticyclonic STEs is estimated as 1.35–1.49 ± 0.33 cm s−1 over the three transects, line 66.7, line 80.0, and line 90.0, close to the westward long first baroclinic Rossby wave speed in the region. Anticyclonic STEs are found with high salinity, high temperature, and low dissolved oxygen anomalies in their cores, consistent with transporting California Undercurrent water from the coast to offshore. Comparisons to satellite sea level anomaly indicate that STEs are only weakly correlated to a sea surface height expression. The observations suggest that STEs are important for the salt balance and mixing of water masses across-shore in the CCS.
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Source:Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(1), 39-51
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ISSN:0022-3670;1520-0485;
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