Articles | Volume 17, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3343-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3343-2020
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02 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 02 Jul 2020

Profiling float observation of thermohaline staircases in the western Mediterranean Sea and impact on nutrient fluxes

Vincent Taillandier, Louis Prieur, Fabrizio D'Ortenzio, Maurizio Ribera d'Alcalà, and Elvira Pulido-Villena

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Argo float data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (Argo GDAC) Argo https://doi.org/10.17882/42182

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This study addresses the role played by vertical diffusion in the nutrient enrichment of the Levantine intermediate waters, a process particularly relevant inside thermohaline staircases. Thanks to a high profiling frequency over a 4-year period, BGC-Argo float observations reveal the temporal continuity of the layering patterns encountered during the cruise PEACETIME and their impact on vertical and lateral transfers of nitrate between the deep reservoir and the surface productive zone.
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