New publication: An anticyclonic eddy anomaly in the western Mediterranean Sea
Researchers at the Balearic Islands Coastal Ocean Observing and Forecasting System (ICTS SOCIB), the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), and the Université de Liège detect the anomalous presence of an anticyclonic eddy of about 60 km of radius in the area between the Catalan and Balearic coast, during fall 2017. Recently published in the Journal of Operational Oceanography, the study Anticyclonic Eddy Anomaly: impact on the boundary current and circulation in the western Mediterranean Sea is included in the latest report on the state of the global ocean and European regional seas.
Anticyclonic eddy in the Balearic Sea during fall-winter 2017 described by satellite observations
This work is supported by “la Caixa” through the MEDCLIC project spearheaded by the former and ICTS SOCIB.
Read more about it: Hunting for eddies in the Mediterranean Sea
Reference article: Eva Aguiar, Mélanie Juza, Baptiste Mourre, Ananda Pascual, Evan Mason, Aida Alvera-Azcárate, Joaquín Tintoré, Anticyclonic Eddy Anomaly: impact on the boundary current and circulation in the western Mediterranean Sea. Published in: von Schuckmann K, Le Traon P-Y, Smith N, Pascual A, Djavidnia S, Gattuso J-P, Grégoire M, Nolan G, Aaboe S, Aguiar E, et al. 2019. Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report, Issue 3. Journal of Operational Oceanography. 12:S1–S123.
