Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1183-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1183-2022
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08 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2022

Kinematics of surface currents at the northern margin of the Gulf of Cádiz

Luciano de Oliveira Júnior, Paulo Relvas, and Erwan Garel

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The circulation patterns of surface water over the northern Gulf of Cádiz are described based on hourly high-frequency radar data from 2016 to 2020. A persistent current follows the continental shelf slope eastward while near the coast, and currents generally have a balanced (eastward–westward) direction. In summer cross-shelf transport is promoted when westward coastal countercurrents recirculate offshore in the western region and merge with the slope current.