Upwelling in the Eastern Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean
- Pastor Mollá, María Virtudes
- José Luis Pelegrí Llopart Director/a
Universidad de defensa: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Fecha de defensa: 16 de septiembre de 2011
- Jordi Font Ferré Presidente/a
- María de los Ángeles Marrero Díaz Secretario/a
- Álvaro Viúdez Vocal
- María Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca Vocal
- Alicia Lavín Montero Vocal
Tipo: Tesis
Resumen
<p>[EN]Coastal upwelling in the eastern margin and offshore curl-driven upwelling in the southeastern margin, make the subtropical Northeast Atlantic a region of major primary productivity. When examining a broad zonal area, from the coast to 40_W, we find that the upward transport of nutrients due to offshore curl-driven upwelling becomes the main control on productivity. Nevertheless, despite its relatively small zonal extension of about 100 km, coastal upwelling extends its impact towards the open ocean through offshore Ekman transport and convergence of the meridional flow at Cape Blanc (21_N).</p>