Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait
At high latitudes, submesoscale dynamics act on scales of (Formula presented.) (100 m–1 km) and are associated with the breakdown of geostrophic balance, vertical velocities, and energy cascading to small scales. Submesoscale features such as fronts, filaments, and eddies are ubiquitous in marginal...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:59109 2024-09-15T17:53:31+00:00 Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait Hofmann, Zerlina von Appen, Wilken‐Jon Kanzow, Torsten Becker, Hauke Hagemann, Jonas Hufnagel, Lili Iversen, Morten H 2024-05 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59109/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59109/1/JGR%20Oceans%20-%202024%20-%20Hofmann%20-%20Stepwise%20Subduction%20Observed%20at%20a%20Front%20in%20the%20Marginal%20Ice%20Zone%20in%20Fram%20Strait.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jc020641 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.4b1b78bf-800e-452f-b30f-99b6dc14912d unknown American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59109/1/JGR%20Oceans%20-%202024%20-%20Hofmann%20-%20Stepwise%20Subduction%20Observed%20at%20a%20Front%20in%20the%20Marginal%20Ice%20Zone%20in%20Fram%20Strait.pdf Hofmann, Z. , von Appen, W. , Kanzow, T. , Becker, H. , Hagemann, J. , Hufnagel, L. and Iversen, M. H. (2024) Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait , Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 129 (5) . doi:10.1029/2023jc020641 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jc020641> , hdl:10013/epic.4b1b78bf-800e-452f-b30f-99b6dc14912d EPIC3Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 129(5), ISSN: 2169-9275 Article peerRev 2024 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jc020641 2024-09-02T14:07:29Z At high latitudes, submesoscale dynamics act on scales of (Formula presented.) (100 m–1 km) and are associated with the breakdown of geostrophic balance, vertical velocities, and energy cascading to small scales. Submesoscale features such as fronts, filaments, and eddies are ubiquitous in marginal ice zones forced by the large horizontal density gradients. In July 2020, we identified multiple fronts and filaments using a towed undulating vehicle near the sea ice edge in central Fram Strait, the oceanic gateway to the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Svalbard. Sea ice covered the entire study region 1–2 weeks earlier, and a stratified meltwater layer was present. We observed a front between warm and saline Atlantic Water (AW) and cold and fresh Polar Water (PW) at 30–85 m depth, where we identified a subsurface maximum in chlorophyll fluorescence and other biogeochemical properties extending along the tilted isopycnals down to 75 m, indicating subduction of AW (mixed with meltwater) that had previously occurred. The meltwater layer also featured multiple shallow fronts, one of which exhibited high velocities and a subsurface maximum in chlorophyll fluorescence, possibly indicating subduction of PW below the meltwater layer. The fronts at different depth levels suggest a stepwise subduction process near the ice edge, where water subducts from the surface below the meltwater and then further down along subsurface fronts. The submesoscale features were part of a larger-scale mesoscale pattern in the marginal ice zone. As sea ice continuously retreats, such features may become more common in the Arctic Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Greenland Sea ice Svalbard Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 129 5 |
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At high latitudes, submesoscale dynamics act on scales of (Formula presented.) (100 m–1 km) and are associated with the breakdown of geostrophic balance, vertical velocities, and energy cascading to small scales. Submesoscale features such as fronts, filaments, and eddies are ubiquitous in marginal ice zones forced by the large horizontal density gradients. In July 2020, we identified multiple fronts and filaments using a towed undulating vehicle near the sea ice edge in central Fram Strait, the oceanic gateway to the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Svalbard. Sea ice covered the entire study region 1–2 weeks earlier, and a stratified meltwater layer was present. We observed a front between warm and saline Atlantic Water (AW) and cold and fresh Polar Water (PW) at 30–85 m depth, where we identified a subsurface maximum in chlorophyll fluorescence and other biogeochemical properties extending along the tilted isopycnals down to 75 m, indicating subduction of AW (mixed with meltwater) that had previously occurred. The meltwater layer also featured multiple shallow fronts, one of which exhibited high velocities and a subsurface maximum in chlorophyll fluorescence, possibly indicating subduction of PW below the meltwater layer. The fronts at different depth levels suggest a stepwise subduction process near the ice edge, where water subducts from the surface below the meltwater and then further down along subsurface fronts. The submesoscale features were part of a larger-scale mesoscale pattern in the marginal ice zone. As sea ice continuously retreats, such features may become more common in the Arctic Ocean. |
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Hofmann, Zerlina von Appen, Wilken‐Jon Kanzow, Torsten Becker, Hauke Hagemann, Jonas Hufnagel, Lili Iversen, Morten H Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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Hofmann, Zerlina von Appen, Wilken‐Jon Kanzow, Torsten Becker, Hauke Hagemann, Jonas Hufnagel, Lili Iversen, Morten H |
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Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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Stepwise Subduction Observed at a Front in the Marginal Ice Zone in Fram Strait |
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stepwise subduction observed at a front in the marginal ice zone in fram strait |
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