@article{fdi:010064208,
  title = {{S}urface salinity in the {N}orth {A}tlantic subtropical gyre during the {STRASSE}/{SPURS} summer 2012 cruise},
  author = {{R}everdin, {G}. and {M}orisset, {S}. and {M}ari{\'e}, {L}. and {B}ourras, {D}. and {S}utherland, {G}. and {W}ard, {B}. and {S}alvador, {J}. and {F}ont, {J}. and {C}uypers, {Y}. and {C}enturioni, {L}. and {H}ormann, {V}. and {K}oldziejczyk, {N}. and {B}outin, {J}. and {D}'{O}vidio, {F}. and {N}encioli, {F}. and {M}artin, {N}. and {D}iverr{\`e}s, {D}enis and {A}lory, {G}a{\¨e}l and {L}umpkin, {R}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e investigated a 100 x 100 km high-salinity region of the {N}orth {A}tlantic subtropical gyre during the {S}ub-{T}ropical {A}tlantic {S}urface {S}alinity {E}xperiment/{S}alinity {P}rocesses in the {U}pper-ocean {R}egional {S}tudy ({STRASSE}/{SPURS}) cruise from {A}ugust 21, 2012, to {S}eptember 9, 2012. {R}esults showed great variability in sea surface salinity ({SSS}; over 0.3 psu) in the mesoscale, over 7 cm of total evaporation, and little diapycnal mixing below 36 m depth, the deepest mixed layers encountered. {S}trong currents in the southwestern part of the domain, and the penetration of freshwater, suggest that advection contributed greatly to salinity evolution. {H}owever, it was further observed that a smaller cyclonic structure tucked between the high {SSS} band and the strongest currents contributed to the transport of high {SSS} water along a narrow front. {C}ross-frontal transport by mixing is also a possible cause of summertime reduction of {SSS}. {T}he observed structure was also responsible for significant southward salt transport over more than 200 km.},
  keywords = {{ATLANTIQUE} {NORD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}ceanography},
  volume = {28},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {114--123},
  ISSN = {1042-8275},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.5670/oceanog.2015.09},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064208},
}