Abstract
Abstract. The observational part of the REP14-MED experiment was conducted in June 2014 in the Sardo-Balearic Basin west of Sardinia (western Mediterranean Sea). Two research vessels collected high-resolution oceanographic data by means of hydrographic casts, towed systems, and underway measurements. In addition, a vast amount of data was provided by a fleet of 11 ocean gliders, time series were available from moored instruments, and information on Lagrangian flow patterns was obtained from surface drifters and one profiling float. The spatial resolution of the observations encompasses a spectrum over 4 orders of magnitude from 𝒪(101 m) to 𝒪(105 m), and the time series from the moored instruments cover a spectral range of 5 orders from 𝒪(101 s) to 𝒪(106 s). The objective of this article is to provide an overview of the huge data set which has been utilised by various studies, focusing on (i) water masses and circulation, (ii) operational forecasting, (iii) data assimilation, (iv) variability of the ocean, and (v) new payloads for gliders.
Highlights
The observational part of the REP14-MED experiment was conducted in June 2014 in the Sardo-Balearic Basin west of Sardinia
The REP14-MED experiment was conducted in the framework of the Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness research programme of the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)
REP14-MED was led by CMRE, and the experiment was supported by 20 partners from six different NATO nations (Table 1)
Summary
The REP14-MED experiment was conducted in the framework of the Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness research programme of the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE). The mean surface circulation at the experimental site is mainly related to the inflow of “new” Modified Atlantic Water (MAW) from the Strait of Gibraltar by means of anticyclonic eddies shed by the Algerian Current (Ribotti et al, 2004; Testor and Gascard, 2005; Escudier et al, 2016). Another branch of “old” MAW, which mixed with the underlying water masses on its large-scale cyclonic circulation through the Tyrrhenian, Ligurian, and Balearic seas, comes probably from the west via the Balearic Current (García-Ladona et al, 1996).
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