The Arctic Front and its variability in the Norwegian Sea
16 pages, 12 figures, supplement https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 The Arctic Front (AF) in the Norwegian Sea is an important biologically productive region which is well-known for its large feeding schools of pelagic fish. A suite of satellite data, a regional coupled ocean–sea ice data assim...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/197625 2024-02-11T10:01:10+01:00 The Arctic Front and its variability in the Norwegian Sea Raj, Roshin P. Chatterjee, Sourav Bertino, Laurent Turiel, Antonio Portabella, Marcos 2019-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/197625 https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 unknown European Geosciences Union Publisher's version https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 Sí doi:10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 issn: 1812-0784 e-issn: 1812-0792 Ocean Science 15(6): 1729-1744 (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/197625 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2019 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 2024-01-16T10:46:59Z 16 pages, 12 figures, supplement https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 The Arctic Front (AF) in the Norwegian Sea is an important biologically productive region which is well-known for its large feeding schools of pelagic fish. A suite of satellite data, a regional coupled ocean–sea ice data assimilation system (the TOPAZ reanalysis) and atmospheric reanalysis data are used to investigate the variability in the lateral and vertical structure of the AF. A method, known as “singularity analysis”, is applied on the satellite and reanalysis data for 2-D spatial analysis of the front, whereas for the vertical structure, a horizontal gradient method is used. We present new evidence of active air–sea interaction along the AF due to enhanced momentum mixing near the frontal region. The frontal structure of the AF is found to be most distinct near the Faroe Current in the south-west Norwegian Sea and along the Mohn Ridge. Coincidentally, these are the two locations along the AF where the air–sea interactions are most intense. This study investigates in particular the frontal structure and its variability along the Mohn Ridge. The seasonal variability in the strength of the AF is found to be limited to the surface. The study also provides new insights into the influence of the three dominant modes of the Norwegian Sea atmospheric circulation on the AF along the Mohn Ridge. The analyses show a weakened AF during the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO−), even though the geographical location of the front does not vary. The weakening of AF during NAO−is attributed to the variability in the strength of the Norwegian Atlantic Front Current over the Mohn Ridge associated with the changes in the wind field This research has been supported by the Copernicus Marine Services (grant no. 69) Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Norwegian Sea Sea ice Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Norwegian Sea Ocean Science 15 6 1729 1744 |
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16 pages, 12 figures, supplement https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1729-2019 The Arctic Front (AF) in the Norwegian Sea is an important biologically productive region which is well-known for its large feeding schools of pelagic fish. A suite of satellite data, a regional coupled ocean–sea ice data assimilation system (the TOPAZ reanalysis) and atmospheric reanalysis data are used to investigate the variability in the lateral and vertical structure of the AF. A method, known as “singularity analysis”, is applied on the satellite and reanalysis data for 2-D spatial analysis of the front, whereas for the vertical structure, a horizontal gradient method is used. We present new evidence of active air–sea interaction along the AF due to enhanced momentum mixing near the frontal region. The frontal structure of the AF is found to be most distinct near the Faroe Current in the south-west Norwegian Sea and along the Mohn Ridge. Coincidentally, these are the two locations along the AF where the air–sea interactions are most intense. This study investigates in particular the frontal structure and its variability along the Mohn Ridge. The seasonal variability in the strength of the AF is found to be limited to the surface. The study also provides new insights into the influence of the three dominant modes of the Norwegian Sea atmospheric circulation on the AF along the Mohn Ridge. The analyses show a weakened AF during the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO−), even though the geographical location of the front does not vary. The weakening of AF during NAO−is attributed to the variability in the strength of the Norwegian Atlantic Front Current over the Mohn Ridge associated with the changes in the wind field This research has been supported by the Copernicus Marine Services (grant no. 69) Peer Reviewed |
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