Contribution of physical processes to variability of dissolved silicate in the Labrador Sea between 1980 and 2015

We use output of an eddy-permitting biogeochemical ocean general circulation model to investigate the drivers of the observed decline in the pre-bloom inventory of dissolved silicate (DSi) and its InterAnnual Variability (IAV) over the period 1980–2015. Specifically, the relative impacts of an abrup...

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Main Authors: Dale, Alizée, Gehlen, Marion, Wallace, Douglas W. R., Bénard, Germain, Éthé, Christian, Alekseenko, Elena
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Arctic
Labrador Sea
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2538
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2023/egusphere-2023-2538/
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Summary:We use output of an eddy-permitting biogeochemical ocean general circulation model to investigate the drivers of the observed decline in the pre-bloom inventory of dissolved silicate (DSi) and its InterAnnual Variability (IAV) over the period 1980–2015. Specifically, the relative impacts of an abrupt decrease in Deep Winter Convection (DWC) and changes in Arctic inflow on DSi concentrations at the regional scale are examined. The IAV of the upper layer DSi inventory covaries with both the Arctic inflow and DWC, however, the pre-bloom decline seems driven primarily by the DWC and associated winter vertical mixing, while the contribution of Arctic inflow is negligible. Our study suggests that the inventory responds to natural decadal variability which is influenced by two major climate modes, the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oscillations, with the former appearing to be the main control.

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