Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean
International audience Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00298340v1 2023-11-12T04:05:19+01:00 Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean Tomczak, M. School of Chemistry Physics and Earth Sciences 2007-08-03 https://hal.science/hal-00298340 https://hal.science/hal-00298340/document https://hal.science/hal-00298340/file/os-3-363-2007.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00298340 https://hal.science/hal-00298340 https://hal.science/hal-00298340/document https://hal.science/hal-00298340/file/os-3-363-2007.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1812-0784 EISSN: 1812-0792 Ocean Science https://hal.science/hal-00298340 Ocean Science, 2007, 3 (3), pp.363-377 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2007 ftccsdartic 2023-10-21T23:15:12Z International audience Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field is characterized by features of geostrophic turbulence such as fronts, eddies and intrusions. Comparison of the Argo float observations with the climatology of the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) reveals significant differences between the two data sets. Some of the differences may have their origin in problems with the WOA data density in remote regions of the South Pacific, but most are more likely produced by interannual variations of the AAIW salinity field. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic Pacific |
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International audience Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field is characterized by features of geostrophic turbulence such as fronts, eddies and intrusions. Comparison of the Argo float observations with the climatology of the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) reveals significant differences between the two data sets. Some of the differences may have their origin in problems with the WOA data density in remote regions of the South Pacific, but most are more likely produced by interannual variations of the AAIW salinity field. |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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variability of antarctic intermediate water properties in the south pacific ocean |
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ISSN: 1812-0784 EISSN: 1812-0792 Ocean Science https://hal.science/hal-00298340 Ocean Science, 2007, 3 (3), pp.363-377 |
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