CALYPSO 2019 Cruise Report: Field Campaign in the Mediterranean
Mahadevan, A., E. D’Asaro, J. Allen, P. Almaraz García, E. Alou-Font, H. M. Aravind, P. Balaguer, I. Caballero, N. Calafat, A. Carbornero, B. Casas, C. Castilla, L. Centurioni, M. Conley, G. Cristofano, E. Cutolo, M. Dever, A. Enrique Navarro, F. Falcieri, M. Freilich, E. Goodwin, R. Graham, C. Guigand, B. Hodges, H. Huntley, S. Johnston, M. Lankhorst, P. Lermusiaux, I. Lizaran, C. Mirabito, A. Miralles, B. Mourre, G. Navarro, M. Ohmart, S. Ouala, T. Ozgokmen, A. Pascual, J-M. H. Pou, P.M. Poulain, A. Ren, D. Rodriguez, Tarry, D. Rudnick, M. Rubio, S. Ruiz, I. Rypina, J. Tintore, U. Send, A. Shcherbina, M. Torner, G. S. Vieira, N. Wirth, and N. Zarokanellos, 2020. CALYPSO 2019 Cruise Report: Field Campaign in the Mediterranean. Technical Report WHOI-2020-02, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, January 2020.
This cruise aimed to identify transport pathways from the surface into the interior ocean during the late winter in the Alborán sea between the Strait of Gibraltar (5°40’W) and the prime meridian. Theory and previous observations indicated that these pathways likely originated at strong fronts, such as the one that separates salty Mediterranean water and the fresher water inflowing from the Atlantic. Our goal was to map such pathways and quantify their transport. Since the outcropping isopycnals at the front extend to the deepest depths during the late winter, we planned the cruise at the end of the Spring, prior to the onset of thermal stratification of the surface mixed layer.
