@article{fdi:010044291,
  title = {{F}ilament generation off the {S}trait of {G}ibraltar in response to {G}ap winds},
  author = {{P}eliz, {A}. and {T}eles {M}achado, {A}. and {M}archesiello, {P}atrick and {D}ubert, {J}. and {L}afuente, {J}. {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e present a case study of the generation of a cold filament rooted off the southwestern edge of the {S}trait of {G}ibraltar ({A}tlantic side) during the summer of 2000. {T}he event is successfully simulated using high-resolution atmospheric and oceanic numerical models. {I}t is shown that a sharp filament may develop oceanwards with little modification of the {A}tlantic inflow into the {M}editerranean, contrary to usual expectations. {T}he filament is essentially driven by the surface layer response to {G}ap winds occurring during {L}evanter conditions. {T}he easterly wind funnelling in the {S}trait generates a strong wind jet and intense wind curl which impacts the oceanic surface layer through {E}kman pumping and mixing processes. {T}he generation and fate of the filament is very similar to the {G}ulf of {T}ehuantepec case, where strong {G}ap wind events produce asymmetric deformation and erosion of the thermocline that tends to favour anticyclonic mesoscale circulations. {O}ur observations and model results from both realistic and idealized experiments suggest that similar phenomena are present in the {G}ulf of {C}adiz, but they are altered by the persisting {A}tlantic inflow, so that the response to {G}ap winds is not as dramatic.},
  keywords = {{S}trait of {G}ibraltar ; {F}ilaments ; {G}ap winds},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{D}ynamics of {A}tmospheres and {O}ceans},
  volume = {46},
  numero = {1-4},
  pages = {36--45},
  ISSN = {0377-0265},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.08.002},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044291},
}