Density currents in the two-layer flow: an example of Dardanelles outflow


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Besiktepe S.

OCEANOLOGICA ACTA, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.243-253, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0399-1784(03)00015-x
  • Dergi Adı: OCEANOLOGICA ACTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.243-253
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: density current, intrusion, Dardanelles, Marmara sea, GRAVITY CURRENTS, MARMARA SEA, MODEL, STRAIT
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Observations from hydrographic surveys are used to describe the density current flowing through the Dardanelles strait into the Marmara Sea. Aegean water plunges below the surface and flows into the Marmara Sea. This flow joins into the Marmara Sea as a negatively buoyant plume and sinks through the deeper parts. Seasonal variation in the incoming water density results in the observing mainly two different forms of the density current in this area. These two forms are boundary currents and intrusion. Boundary currents were observed as a dense bottom current during the winter when the inflowing water density attains to annual maxima and as an overflow during the autumn when the inflowing water density drops to annual minimum. Intrusion form of the density current was observed during the summer. (C) 2003 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS and Ifremer/CNRS/IRD. All rights reserved.