A warm jet in a cold ocean
Unprecedented quantities of heat are entering the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait, particularly during summer months. Though some heat is lost to the atmosphere during autumn cooling, a significant fraction of the incoming warm, salty water subducts (dives beneath) below a c...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:57238 2023-05-15T14:56:11+02:00 A warm jet in a cold ocean MacKinnon, Jennifer A. Simmons, Harper L. Hargrove, John Thomson, Jim Peacock, Thomas Alford, Matthew H. Barton, Benjamin I. Boury, Samuel Brenner, Samuel D. Couto, Nicole Danielson, Seth L. Fine, Elizabeth C. Graber, Hans C. Guthrie, John Hopkins, Joanne E. Jayne, Steven R. Jeon, Chanhyung Klenz, Thilo Lee, Craig M. Lenn, Yueng-Djern Lucas, Andrew J. Lund, Björn Mahaffey, Claire Norman, Louisa Rainville, Luc Smith, Madison M. Thomas, Leif N. Torres-Valdes, Sinhue Wood, Kevin R. 2021 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57238/ https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.6d1c566f-fb16-40ee-89e1-0347aa0ce890 unknown MacKinnon, J. A. , Simmons, H. L. , Hargrove, J. , Thomson, J. , Peacock, T. , Alford, M. H. , Barton, B. I. , Boury, S. , Brenner, S. D. , Couto, N. , Danielson, S. L. , Fine, E. C. , Graber, H. C. , Guthrie, J. , Hopkins, J. E. , Jayne, S. R. , Jeon, C. , Klenz, T. , Lee, C. M. , Lenn, Y. D. , Lucas, A. J. , Lund, B. , Mahaffey, C. , Norman, L. , Rainville, L. , Smith, M. M. , Thomas, L. N. , Torres-Valdes, S. orcid:0000-0003-2749-4170 and Wood, K. R. (2021) A warm jet in a cold ocean , Nature Communications, 12 (1) . doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5> , hdl:10013/epic.6d1c566f-fb16-40ee-89e1-0347aa0ce890 EPIC3Nature Communications, 12(1), ISSN: 2041-1723 Article isiRev 2021 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5 2022-10-16T23:12:43Z Unprecedented quantities of heat are entering the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait, particularly during summer months. Though some heat is lost to the atmosphere during autumn cooling, a significant fraction of the incoming warm, salty water subducts (dives beneath) below a cooler fresher layer of near-surface water, subsequently extending hundreds of kilometers into the Beaufort Gyre. Upward turbulent mixing of these sub-surface pockets of heat is likely accelerating sea ice melt in the region. This Pacific-origin water brings both heat and unique biogeochemical properties, contributing to a changing Arctic ecosystem. However, our ability to understand or forecast the role of this incoming water mass has been hampered by lack of understanding of the physical processes controlling subduction and evolution of this this warm water. Crucially, the processes seen here occur at small horizontal scales not resolved by regional forecast models or climate simulations; new parameterizations must be developed that accurately represent the physics. Here we present novel high resolution observations showing the detailed process of subduction and initial evolution of warm Pacific-origin water in the southern Beaufort Gyre. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Strait Sea ice Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Strait Pacific Nature Communications 12 1 |
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Unprecedented quantities of heat are entering the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean through Bering Strait, particularly during summer months. Though some heat is lost to the atmosphere during autumn cooling, a significant fraction of the incoming warm, salty water subducts (dives beneath) below a cooler fresher layer of near-surface water, subsequently extending hundreds of kilometers into the Beaufort Gyre. Upward turbulent mixing of these sub-surface pockets of heat is likely accelerating sea ice melt in the region. This Pacific-origin water brings both heat and unique biogeochemical properties, contributing to a changing Arctic ecosystem. However, our ability to understand or forecast the role of this incoming water mass has been hampered by lack of understanding of the physical processes controlling subduction and evolution of this this warm water. Crucially, the processes seen here occur at small horizontal scales not resolved by regional forecast models or climate simulations; new parameterizations must be developed that accurately represent the physics. Here we present novel high resolution observations showing the detailed process of subduction and initial evolution of warm Pacific-origin water in the southern Beaufort Gyre. |
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MacKinnon, Jennifer A. Simmons, Harper L. Hargrove, John Thomson, Jim Peacock, Thomas Alford, Matthew H. Barton, Benjamin I. Boury, Samuel Brenner, Samuel D. Couto, Nicole Danielson, Seth L. Fine, Elizabeth C. Graber, Hans C. Guthrie, John Hopkins, Joanne E. Jayne, Steven R. Jeon, Chanhyung Klenz, Thilo Lee, Craig M. Lenn, Yueng-Djern Lucas, Andrew J. Lund, Björn Mahaffey, Claire Norman, Louisa Rainville, Luc Smith, Madison M. Thomas, Leif N. Torres-Valdes, Sinhue Wood, Kevin R. |
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MacKinnon, Jennifer A. Simmons, Harper L. Hargrove, John Thomson, Jim Peacock, Thomas Alford, Matthew H. Barton, Benjamin I. Boury, Samuel Brenner, Samuel D. Couto, Nicole Danielson, Seth L. Fine, Elizabeth C. Graber, Hans C. Guthrie, John Hopkins, Joanne E. Jayne, Steven R. Jeon, Chanhyung Klenz, Thilo Lee, Craig M. Lenn, Yueng-Djern Lucas, Andrew J. Lund, Björn Mahaffey, Claire Norman, Louisa Rainville, Luc Smith, Madison M. Thomas, Leif N. Torres-Valdes, Sinhue Wood, Kevin R. A warm jet in a cold ocean |
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MacKinnon, Jennifer A. Simmons, Harper L. Hargrove, John Thomson, Jim Peacock, Thomas Alford, Matthew H. Barton, Benjamin I. Boury, Samuel Brenner, Samuel D. Couto, Nicole Danielson, Seth L. Fine, Elizabeth C. Graber, Hans C. Guthrie, John Hopkins, Joanne E. Jayne, Steven R. Jeon, Chanhyung Klenz, Thilo Lee, Craig M. Lenn, Yueng-Djern Lucas, Andrew J. Lund, Björn Mahaffey, Claire Norman, Louisa Rainville, Luc Smith, Madison M. Thomas, Leif N. Torres-Valdes, Sinhue Wood, Kevin R. |
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MacKinnon, J. A. , Simmons, H. L. , Hargrove, J. , Thomson, J. , Peacock, T. , Alford, M. H. , Barton, B. I. , Boury, S. , Brenner, S. D. , Couto, N. , Danielson, S. L. , Fine, E. C. , Graber, H. C. , Guthrie, J. , Hopkins, J. E. , Jayne, S. R. , Jeon, C. , Klenz, T. , Lee, C. M. , Lenn, Y. D. , Lucas, A. J. , Lund, B. , Mahaffey, C. , Norman, L. , Rainville, L. , Smith, M. M. , Thomas, L. N. , Torres-Valdes, S. orcid:0000-0003-2749-4170 and Wood, K. R. (2021) A warm jet in a cold ocean , Nature Communications, 12 (1) . doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5> , hdl:10013/epic.6d1c566f-fb16-40ee-89e1-0347aa0ce890 |
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