Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break
The Antarctic Slope Front (ASF) modulates ventilation of the abyssal ocean via the export of dense Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and constrains shoreward transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) toward marine-terminating glaciers. Along certain stretches of the continental shelf, particularly...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt1m25w146 2023-05-15T14:04:02+02:00 Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break Stewart, AL Thompson, AF 432 - 440 2015-01-28 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1m25w146 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt1m25w146 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1m25w146 public Geophysical Research Letters, vol 42, iss 2 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences article 2015 ftcdlib 2021-04-16T07:10:42Z The Antarctic Slope Front (ASF) modulates ventilation of the abyssal ocean via the export of dense Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and constrains shoreward transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) toward marine-terminating glaciers. Along certain stretches of the continental shelf, particularly where AABW is exported, density surfaces connect the shelf waters to the middepth Circumpolar Deep Water offshore, offering a pathway for mesoscale eddies to transport CDW directly onto the continental shelf. Using an eddy-resolving process model of the ASF, the authors show that mesoscale eddies can supply a dynamically significant transport of heat and mass across the continental shelf break. The shoreward transport of surface waters is purely wind driven, while the shoreward CDW transport is entirely due to mesoscale eddy transfer. The CDW flux is sensitive to all aspects of the model's surface forcing and geometry, suggesting that shoreward eddy heat transport may be localized to favorable sections of the continental slope. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic University of California: eScholarship Antarctic The Antarctic |
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The Antarctic Slope Front (ASF) modulates ventilation of the abyssal ocean via the export of dense Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and constrains shoreward transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) toward marine-terminating glaciers. Along certain stretches of the continental shelf, particularly where AABW is exported, density surfaces connect the shelf waters to the middepth Circumpolar Deep Water offshore, offering a pathway for mesoscale eddies to transport CDW directly onto the continental shelf. Using an eddy-resolving process model of the ASF, the authors show that mesoscale eddies can supply a dynamically significant transport of heat and mass across the continental shelf break. The shoreward transport of surface waters is purely wind driven, while the shoreward CDW transport is entirely due to mesoscale eddy transfer. The CDW flux is sensitive to all aspects of the model's surface forcing and geometry, suggesting that shoreward eddy heat transport may be localized to favorable sections of the continental slope. |
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Stewart, AL Thompson, AF |
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Stewart, AL Thompson, AF |
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Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break |
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Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break |
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Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break |
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Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break |
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Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break |
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eddy-mediated transport of warm circumpolar deep water across the antarctic shelf break |
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eScholarship, University of California |
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Antarc* Antarctic |
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Geophysical Research Letters, vol 42, iss 2 |
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