The flow field of the upper hypoxic eastern tropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Stramma, L., Czeschel, R., Tanhua, T., Brandt, P., Visbeck, M., Giese, B. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Dome The; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-153-2016; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/12/153/2016/

A subsurface low oxygen zone is located in the eastern tropical North Atlantic Ocean (ETNA) in the upper ocean with the core of the hypoxic (O 2 ≦60 µmol kg −1 ) oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) at 400 to 500 m depth. The subsurface circulation in the OMZ region is derived from observations and data assimi...