Mediterranean Outflow
Kenneth C. Wong
The Basics Mediterranean Sea
High Salinity 38.4~38.5 psu
Atlantic Ocean Saltiest of Oceans, but…
36.4~36.5 psu, still relatively less so than the Mediterranean.
The “Tongue”
Effect on Local Atlantic Salinity
The Effect of Coriolis Force
Stretches from (along 40 N) 10 W to 40 W
Meddies
Short for Mediterranean Eddies
Meddies (Cont)
Global Impact
Atlantic Ocean’s Salinity
Thermohaline Circulation
Climate
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