SOCIB at AGU 2014
Emma Heslop presented the new research on the importance of adequately describing the mesoscale variability and the different water masses in the Balearic sub-basin -formation and spreading and their dynamic effects-, as well as the results of the interactions of theses instabilities with the mean flow and the consequences on North-South exchanges. All this is essential to understand the large basin and sub-basin scale variability in the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea -as described by semi-continuous glider monitoring in the Ibiza channel since 2011-.
Attendance record with over 25,000 attendees at #AGU14!
This objective is in line with the state of the art international key scientific priorities on unravelling the variability of ocean circulation at different scales, as well as linked to specific societal challenges in the Mediterranean associated with ecosystem variability and its relation with the variability of the circulation that we area also addressing at SOCIB, for example through quasi real time tracking of sea turtles, or studying jellyfish invasions, sustainable fisheries (e.g., Bluefin tuna spawning area South of the Balearic Islands), seasonal climate variability (and the key role of upper ocean SOCIB data), etc. The relevance of high frequency variability in oceanic circulation has been one of the key ‘take home messages’ from many different sessions at AGU2014, whether discussing about Atlantic Meridional Circulation, climate change/abrupt climate changes, or about the Atlantic Meridional Circulation and the relevance of mesoscale structures and synopticity, etc.
Authors: E. E. Heslop (1 & 2), J. Tintoré (1 & 2), S. Ruiz (1), J. Allen (1 & 3), J-L López-Jurado (4) M. Torner (1). Affiliations: (1) SOCIB, ParcBit, Naorte, Bloc A 2º pta. 3, 07121 Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain. (2) IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), c/ Miquel Marquès 21, 07190 Esporles, Islas Baleares, Spain. (3) University of Portsmouth, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, UK. (4) IEO-COB, Moll de Ponent, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
