- Tytuł:
- Geostrophic current patterns off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast
- Autorzy:
- Kamel, M.S.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/48462.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2010
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Oceanologii PAN
- Tematy:
-
geostrophic current circulation
hydrographic data
Egyptian Mediterranean coast
Salum Bay
Egypt
Nile Delta
Port Said
nearshore area
water mass
surface water
salinity
oxygen content - Opis:
- Using objectively analysed hydrographic data, currents have been calculated off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast at the surface and at 30, 50, 75, 100, 200 and 300 m depths for the four seasons. The surface circulation is dominated by an anticyclonic circulation off Salum Bay in winter, spring and summer. In nearshore areas, the current flows eastwards at the shallower levels but westwards at the deeper levels. Off the Nile Delta, the current is almost eastward with a higher velocity in summer and autumn, while in spring it is very weak. Off the area between Port Said and Rafah, there is a clear cyclonic circulation appearing in all seasons except winter. At 50 and 75 m depth, the velocity of the circulation is weak. At 100 m depth, the circulation that appeared between Matruh and Alamen in summer decreases in area and magnitude at the former depths. At 200 and 300 m in winter, the current velocity is quite low. In spring the current flows southwards off the area between Rafah and Port Said. In summer, the current off the area between Port Said and Rafah is quite strong and flows to the south. The situation in autumn is quite similar to that in summer, except in the eastern area, where the current is a westward one.
- Źródło:
-
Oceanologia; 2010, 52, 2; 299-310
0078-3234 - Pojawia się w:
- Oceanologia
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł