What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM?
Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model'...
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ftchinacasciocas:oai:ir.qdio.ac.cn:337002/11623 2023-05-15T17:27:25+02:00 What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM? Qu, Tangdong Gao, Shan Fukumori, Ichiro 2011-04-07 http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/11624 https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL046757 英语 eng GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Qu, Tangdong; Gao, Shan; Fukumori, Ichiro.What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM?,GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2011,38():L07602 http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/11624 doi:10.1029/2011GL046757 Geology Article 期刊论文 2011 ftchinacasciocas https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL046757 2022-06-27T05:34:10Z Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model's integration time step and archived as monthly averages. The simulated mixed layer salinity budget provides the first quantitative evidence for the ocean's role in governing the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic. Our analysis reveals that ocean dynamics explains about half of the sea surface salinity variance, being of equal importance as surface forcing. The sea surface salinity maximum varies both seasonally and interannually, as a consequence of interplay among surface flux, advection, and vertical entrainment. Contribution from eddies and small-scale processes is relatively weak but not negligible. These results may provide useful hints for the design and interpretation of future observations in the region. Citation: Qu, T., S. Gao, and I. Fukumori (2011), What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L07602, doi:10.1029/2011GL046757. Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model's integration time step and archived as monthly averages. The simulated mixed layer salinity budget provides the first quantitative evidence for the ocean's role in governing the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic. Our analysis reveals that ocean dynamics explains about half of the sea surface salinity variance, being of equal importance as surface forcing. The sea surface salinity maximum varies both seasonally and interannually, as a consequence of interplay among surface flux, advection, and vertical entrainment. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: IOCAS-IR Geophysical Research Letters 38 7 n/a n/a |
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Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model's integration time step and archived as monthly averages. The simulated mixed layer salinity budget provides the first quantitative evidence for the ocean's role in governing the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic. Our analysis reveals that ocean dynamics explains about half of the sea surface salinity variance, being of equal importance as surface forcing. The sea surface salinity maximum varies both seasonally and interannually, as a consequence of interplay among surface flux, advection, and vertical entrainment. Contribution from eddies and small-scale processes is relatively weak but not negligible. These results may provide useful hints for the design and interpretation of future observations in the region. Citation: Qu, T., S. Gao, and I. Fukumori (2011), What governs the North Atlantic salinity maximum in a global GCM?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L07602, doi:10.1029/2011GL046757. Taking advantage of the rapid advance in ocean modeling, this study investigates the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic, using results from a model of the Consortium for Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO). Salinity budget terms were computed at the model's integration time step and archived as monthly averages. The simulated mixed layer salinity budget provides the first quantitative evidence for the ocean's role in governing the sea surface salinity maximum in the North Atlantic. Our analysis reveals that ocean dynamics explains about half of the sea surface salinity variance, being of equal importance as surface forcing. The sea surface salinity maximum varies both seasonally and interannually, as a consequence of interplay among surface flux, advection, and vertical entrainment. ... |
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