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through the Strait of Gibraltar. Int J Climatol 32:286–302
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particle fluxes in the Western Alboran Gyre, Mediterranean Sea. J Mar Syst 33-34:431–456.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-7963(02)00070-2
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eastward migration of the Western Alboran Sea gyre. Prog Oceanogr 70:486–509. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.03.017
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10.1029/2001GL014072
Garcia-Lafuente J, Aguiar J, Gomez AI (1994) Un modelo lineal simple de la marea barotropica en
el Estrecho de Gibraltar. Bol Inst Esp Oceanogr 10(1):51–61
Garcia-Lafuente J, Cano N, Vargas-Yañez M et al (1998) Evolution of the Alboran Sea hydrographic structures during July 1993. Deep-Sea Res 45:39–65
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induced fluxes through La Línea submarine canyon, western Alboran Sea. J Geophys Res 104
(C2):3109–3119
Garcia-Lafuente J, Sanchez-Roman A, Diaz del Rio G et al (2007) Recent observations of seasonal
variability of the Mediterranean outflow in the Strait of Gibraltar. J Geophys Res 112. https://
doi.org/10.1029/2006JC003992
García-Lafuente J, Naranjo C, Sammartino S, Sánchez-Garrido JC, Delgado J (2017) The Mediterranean outflow in the Strait of Gibraltar and its connection with upstream conditions in the
Alborán Sea. Ocean Sci 13:195–207. https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-195-2017
Garcia-Martinez MC, Vargas-Yañez M, Moya F, Zunino P, Bautista B (2018) The effects of climate
change and rivers damming in the Mediterranean Sea during the Twentieth Century. Int J
Environ Sci 8(4). https://doi.org/10.19080/IJESNR.2018.08.555741
Gascard JC, Richez C (1985) Water masses and circulation in the Western Alboran Sea and in the
Straits of Gibraltar. Prog Oceanogr 15:157–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/0079-6611(85)90031X
Gasparini GP, Ortona A, Budillon G, Astraldi M, Sansone E (2005) The effect of the Eastern
Mediterranean Transient on the hydrographic characteristics in the Strait of Sicily and in the
Tyrrhenian Sea. Deep Sea Res I 42:915–935
Heburn GW, La Violette PE (1990) Variations in the structure of the anticyclonic gyres found in the
Alboran Sea. J Geophys Res 95:1599–1613. https://doi.org/10.1029/JC095iC02p01599
Hecht A, Pinardi N, Robinson A (1988) Currents, wáter masses, eddies and jets in the Mediterranean Levantine Basin. J Phys Oceanogr 18:1320–1353
Hopkins TS (1988) Recent observations on the intermediate and deep water circulation in the South
Tyrrhenian Sea. In: Minas HJ, Nival P (eds) Océanographie pélagique méditerranéenne.
Oceanol Acta 41–50
Jordá G, Gomis D (2013) Reliability of the steric and mass components of the Mediterranean Sea
level as estimated from hydrographic gridded products. Geophys Res Lett 40:3655–3660.
https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50718
Jordà G, Von Schuckmann K, Josey S-A, Caniaux G, García-Lafuente J, Sammartino S, Özsoy E,
Polcher J, Notarstefano G, Poulain P-M, Adloff F, Salat J, Naranjo C, Schroeder K, Chiggiato J,
Sannino G, Macías D (2017) The Mediterranean Sea heat and mass budget: estimates, uncertainties and perspectives. Prog Oceanogr 156:174–208
Juza M, Escudir R, Vargas-Yáñez M, Mourre B, Heslop E, Allen J, Tintoré J (2019) Characterization of changes in Western Intermediate Water properties enabled by an innovative geometrybased detection approach. J Mar Syst 191:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2018.11.003
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