Abstract:
Data collected under the framework of Project SIRIA allowed the identification of a westward flowing current filament, along the upper slope of the Gulf of Cadiz, carrying water of comparatively high temperature, salinity and turbidity. An adequate grid of observations showed the filament to have a cross-scale of 5 km and a vertical scale of 50−80 m. It is argued that the filament, which appears to loose identity at the approaches to the Álvares Cabral Trench, carries a contribution of Mediterranean water. It is, therefore, proposed it is designated “subsurface Mediterranean water vein
