The role of vertical eddy flux in Southern Ocean heat uptake

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Morrison, Adele, Saenko, O.A., Hogg, Andrew, Spence, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Keywords: Air-sea heat flux; Coarse-resolution model; Cooling mechanism; Dynamical response; eddies; Meridional temperature gradient; Southern ocean; Transient cooling; Cooling; Drives; Heat flux; Parameterization; Thermal gradients; Wind stress; Oceanography; cool eddies; heat uptake; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77802; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL057706; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/77802/5/f5625xPUB6579_2013.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/77802/7/01_Morrison_The_role_of_vertical_eddy_flux_2013.pdf.jpg

The role of changing vertical eddy heat flux on Southern Ocean heat uptake is investigated in an idealized eddy-permitting ocean model. Enhanced air-sea heat flux drives deep-reaching southern warming, due to a reduction in the isopycnal meridional temper