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‘Prestige’ oil spill and Navidad flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

C. Garcia-Soto
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO) Promontorio de S. Martín s/n; 39004 Santander, Spain, E-mail: carlos.soto@st.ieo.es

Abstract

The spread of the oil spill from the tanker ‘Prestige’ was analysed in relation to the occurrence of the exceptional 2002/2003 Navidad using airborne and AVHRR satellite measurements. Altimeter-derived geostrophic velocity and Envisat ASAR observations were also used to investigate the structure of this Cantabrian extension of the poleward current around Iberia.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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