Mesoscale hydrological variability induced by northwesterly wind on the French continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay

• Published in: Scientia marina Vol. 70; no. S1; pp. 15 - 26
• Main Authors: Puillat, Ingrid, Lazure, Pascal, Jegou, Anne-Marie, Lampert, Luis, Miller, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 01.06.2006
• Subjects: Brackish; lens; Marine; mesoscale; river plume; salinity; upwelling; ANE, France; ANE, Europe, Biscay Bay

On the French continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay the variability of the surface salinity distribution has been mainly investigated at the seasonal and inter-annual scales. Here, new mesoscale features such as lower-salinity lenses observed in model results are investigated by hydrological measur...