observations on a flow through a contraction and over a bottom elevation in the Aegean Sea – East Mediterranean

a ctd/adcp/surface-drifter survey in fall 2004 reveals the behavior of a mesoscale unidirectional flow coming from the cretan sea in the south with depths ~1000 m and entering a channel-like area of the cycladic shelf in the north that forms a contraction leading to a bottom elevation (sill depth ~100 m) and then a return into the cretan sea in the lee-side of the sill.

2004年秋季进行的一次CTD/ADCP/海面漂流器调查揭示了来自南部的克雷塔斯海方向的中尺度单向流的行为，该流深度约为1000米，进入北部的类似海峡的基克拉底海盆区域，形成了导致底部高程（阈深约为100米）的收缩，随后在阈的背风侧回流至克雷塔斯海。