Water Circulation in the Northern Black Sea in Summer 2016 (Based on the Data Obtained in the 87th Cruise of the R/V Professor Vodyanitsky)
Journal: Physical Oceanography
Year: 2018

The present work represents the results of water circulation in the northern Black Sea analyzed based on the data of the surveys carried out in the 87th cruise of R/V Professor Vodyanitsky in July 2016. It is shown that during the survey the westward flows being the Rim Current (RC) manifestation are predominant within the studied water area. Based on the survey data, the latitudinal location of the Rim Current geostrophical deep stream is close to its climatic position. In the western part of t