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Physical investigations in the upwelling region of north west Africa on RRS discovery cruise 48

Authors: Hughes, Peter; Barton, Eric D.;

Physical investigations in the upwelling region of north west Africa on RRS discovery cruise 48

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[FR] Les résultats préliminaires de la campagne 48 du "Discovery" dans l a région située entre le Cap Bojador (26O°10'N) et le Cap Blanc (20O°50'N) montrent qu'en juillet et en aoùt 1972, l' upwelling est le plus intense dans la zone du Cap Bojador. De nombreuses stations de mesure áu moyen de la bathysonde ( STD ) et des mesures de. courant sur le plateau continental au large du Cap Bojador, confirment également l'existence d'un upwelling actif affectant les couches proches de la surface et les niveaux á proximité du fond entre 100 et 200 métres. Une série de 98 stations de bathysonde répétées chaque demi-heure ainsi qu'une série de mesure du profil du courant par des enregistrements durant 9 heures au niveau d'une position par 105 m de fond ont permis d'établir la circulation dans un plan normal á la côte. Des ondes internes semi-diurnes, d'une amplitude considérable ant été mises en évidence á cette mìme station ; elles semblent jouer un rôle plus important qu'initialement prévu. Rien ne semble indiqúer un transport vers le nord sur le plateau continental, mais des enregistrements courantométriques montrent l'existence d'un sous-courant allant vers le nord au niveau du talus continental. Une vitesse moyenne, en direction du nord, inférieure á 4 cm.s-1 a été enregistrée sur une période de 7 jours, á une immersion de 450 m dans la couche d'eau, épaisse de 500 métres.

[EN] Preliminary results from Discovery cruise 48 in the region between Cape Bojador (26O10'N) and Cape Blanc (20O°50'N) indicate that during July and August of 1972 upwelling was most intense off Cape Bojador. A concentrated series of STD and current measurements on the continental shelf off Cape Bojador provided further evidence of the presence of active upwelling, which was concentrated in the near surface layers and at depths near the bottom between 100 m and 200 m. A series of 98 half hourly STD dips supplemented by 9 six hourly profiling current meter dips at a time series station situated in a depth of 105 m defined the circulation i n the vertical plane normal to the coast. Semi-diurnal internal waves were found to have considerable amplitudes at the same station, and to contain contributions from modes higher than the first. No evidence of northward flow on the continental shelf was found but moored recording current meter results indicated the presence of a poleward undercurrent over the continental slope. A mean northward velocity of less than 4 cm s-1 was recorded over a period of about seven days at a depth of 450 m in 500 m of water.

This research was partially supported by N.E.R.C. grant GR3/1818, E.D. Barton is supported by N.E.R.C. studentship GT4/70/OF/13.

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