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Historical hydrographic data are used to investigate the geostrophic circulation in the Southern Gulf of California, focusing on the description of evidences supporting the existence of gyres. It is found that the horizontal dimensions and sense of rotation of the gyres are variable, and that their position are not tied to basins and sills as has been previously proposed. In the vertical, the gyres reach at least 500 meters, and probably 1000 meters. A seasonal behavior cannot be ascertained due to data limitation.
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Figueroa, J.M., Marinone, S.G., Lavín, M.F. (2003). A Description of Geostrophic Gyres in the Southern Gulf of California. In: Velasco Fuentes, O.U., Sheinbaum, J., Ochoa, J. (eds) Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0074-1_14
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