Abstract:
The circulation of Egyptian Mediterranean waters is dominated by the easterly North African current along the coast and by the Mersa Matruh gyre in the west and El-Arish gyre in the east. The Mersa matruh gyre occupies the area between longitudes 27o and 290 E and latitudes 310 30' and 320 45' N. In the literature, the gyre has an anticyclonic circulation for both the winter and summer seasons. Recently, studying the water circulation off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, using the Princeton Ocean Model (POM), provides new and important information about the gyre. It exhibits a strong winter to summer variability, reversing from anticyclonic to cyclonic circulation. This paper aims to classify and distinguish the Mersa Matruh gyre phenomena off the Egyptian coast. Also, the variations in the structure of the gyre are reviewed.
Page(s):
153-163
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Year: 1998