FILLING OF THE MARMARA SEA BY THE DARDANELLES LOWER LAYER INFLOW

1993-09-01
BESIKTEPE, S
OZSOY, E
UNLUATA, U
The sub-halocline waters of the Marmara Sea are renewed with the incoming Dardanelles lower layer flow. As shown by observations, this inflow takes the form of a turbulent plume which first sinks down and then spreads out into the interior. A ''filling box'' model is developed to test the sensitivity of the Dardanelles-Marmara Sea system to the set of relevant environmental parameters. The seasonal variability of the Dardanelles inflow is shown to play a crucial role in the sub-halocline water mass characteristics of the Marmara Sea.
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Citation Formats
S. BESIKTEPE, E. OZSOY, and U. UNLUATA, “FILLING OF THE MARMARA SEA BY THE DARDANELLES LOWER LAYER INFLOW,” DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, pp. 1815–1838, 1993, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66843.