The MEDESS-GIB database: tracking the Atlantic water inflow

Sotillo, Marcos García; Garcia-Ladona, Emilio; Orfila, Alejandro; Rodríguez-Rubio, Pablo; Maraver, José Cristobal; Conti, Daniel; Padorno, Elena; Jiménez, José Antonio; Capó, Este; Pérez, Fernando; Sayol, Juan Manuel; de los Santos, Francisco Javier; Amo, Arancha; Rietz, Ana; Troupin, Charles; Tintore, Joaquín; Álvarez-Fanjul, Enrique

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-141-2016

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-141-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-141-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 1

29 Mar 2016

| 29 Mar 2016

The MEDESS-GIB database: tracking the Atlantic water inflow

Marcos García Sotillo, Emilio Garcia-Ladona, Alejandro Orfila, Pablo Rodríguez-Rubio, José Cristobal Maraver, Daniel Conti, Elena Padorno, José Antonio Jiménez, Este Capó, Fernando Pérez, Juan Manuel Sayol, Francisco Javier de los Santos, Arancha Amo, Ana Rietz, Charles Troupin, Joaquín Tintore, and Enrique Álvarez-Fanjul

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Final revised paper (published on 29 Mar 2016)
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RC C392: 'General comments and suggestions', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Dec 2015
- AC C510: 'Reply to comments from Reviewer #1 and Reviewer #2', Marcos García Sottilo, 05 Feb 2016
RC C494: 'paper on Lagrangian experiments in the Alboran Sea area', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Jan 2016

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An intensive drifter deployment was carried out in the Strait of Gibraltar: 35 satellite tracked drifters were released, coordinating to this aim 4 boats, covering an area of about 680 NM² in 6 hours. This MEDESS-GIB Experiment is the most important exercise in the Mediterranean in terms of number of drifters released. The MEDESS-GIB dataset provides a complete Lagrangian view of the surface inflow of Atlantic waters through the Strait of Gibraltar and its later evolution along the Alboran Sea.