Enhanced upward heat transport at deep submesoscale ocean fronts
The ocean is the largest solar energy collector on Earth. The amount of heat it can store is modulated by its complex circulation, which spans a broad range of spatial scales, from metres to thousands of kilometres. In the classical paradigm, fine oceanic scales, less than 20 km in size, are thought...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:70562 2023-07-30T03:59:12+02:00 Enhanced upward heat transport at deep submesoscale ocean fronts Siegelman, Lia Klein, Patrice Rivière, Pascal Thompson, Andrew F. Torres, Hector S. Flexas, Mar Menemenlis, Dimitris 2020-01 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00594/70562/71323.pdf https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0489-1 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00594/70562/ eng eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00594/70562/71323.pdf doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0489-1 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00594/70562/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Nature Geoscience (1752-0894) (Springer Science and Business Media LLC), 2020-01 , Vol. 13 , N. 1 , P. 50-55 text Article info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0489-1 2023-07-18T22:51:10Z The ocean is the largest solar energy collector on Earth. The amount of heat it can store is modulated by its complex circulation, which spans a broad range of spatial scales, from metres to thousands of kilometres. In the classical paradigm, fine oceanic scales, less than 20 km in size, are thought to drive a significant downward heat transport from the surface to the ocean interior, which increases oceanic heat uptake. Here we use a combination of satellite and in situ observations in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to diagnose oceanic vertical heat transport. The results explicitly demonstrate how deep-reaching submesoscale fronts, with a size smaller than 20 km, are generated by mesoscale eddies of size 50–300 km. In contrast to the classical paradigm, these submesoscale fronts are shown to drive an anomalous upward heat transport from the ocean interior back to the surface that is larger than other contributions to vertical heat transport and of comparable magnitude to air–sea fluxes. This effect can remarkably alter the oceanic heat uptake and will be strongest in eddy-rich regions, such as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Kuroshio Extension and the Gulf Stream, all of which are key players in the climate system. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Antarctic The Antarctic Nature Geoscience 13 1 50 55 |
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The ocean is the largest solar energy collector on Earth. The amount of heat it can store is modulated by its complex circulation, which spans a broad range of spatial scales, from metres to thousands of kilometres. In the classical paradigm, fine oceanic scales, less than 20 km in size, are thought to drive a significant downward heat transport from the surface to the ocean interior, which increases oceanic heat uptake. Here we use a combination of satellite and in situ observations in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to diagnose oceanic vertical heat transport. The results explicitly demonstrate how deep-reaching submesoscale fronts, with a size smaller than 20 km, are generated by mesoscale eddies of size 50–300 km. In contrast to the classical paradigm, these submesoscale fronts are shown to drive an anomalous upward heat transport from the ocean interior back to the surface that is larger than other contributions to vertical heat transport and of comparable magnitude to air–sea fluxes. This effect can remarkably alter the oceanic heat uptake and will be strongest in eddy-rich regions, such as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Kuroshio Extension and the Gulf Stream, all of which are key players in the climate system. |
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