Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability
Ocean heat transport through the Barents Sea Opening (BSO) has strong impacts on the Barents Sea ice extent and the climate. In this paper we quantified the contributions from different atmospheric forcing components to the trend and interannual variability of the BSO heat transport. Ocean-ice model...
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ftdatacite:10.23689/fidgeo-4540 2023-05-15T15:03:26+02:00 Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability Wang, Qiang Wang, Xuezhu Wekerle, Claudia Danilov, Sergey Jung, Thomas Koldunov, Nikolay Lind, Sigrid Sein, Dmitry Shu, Qi Sidorenko, Dmitry 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4540 https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/handle/11858/8886 en eng FID GEO Article article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4540 2022-02-08T12:04:14Z Ocean heat transport through the Barents Sea Opening (BSO) has strong impacts on the Barents Sea ice extent and the climate. In this paper we quantified the contributions from different atmospheric forcing components to the trend and interannual variability of the BSO heat transport. Ocean-ice model simulations were conducted in which the interannual variation of atmospheric forcing was maintained only in or outside the Arctic in two different simulations. The sum of their BSO heat transport anomalies reasonably replicated the trend and variability from a hindcast simulation. The upward trend of the BSO heat transport mainly stems from the increasing ocean temperature in the subpolar North Atlantic. For the interannual variability, the local wind and upstream forcing are similarly important. The location of the Atlantic Water boundary current in the Nordic Seas, influenced by the cyclonic atmospheric circulation, is crucial in determining part of the BSO inflow variability. Text Arctic Barents Sea Nordic Seas North Atlantic Sea ice DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Barents Sea |
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Ocean heat transport through the Barents Sea Opening (BSO) has strong impacts on the Barents Sea ice extent and the climate. In this paper we quantified the contributions from different atmospheric forcing components to the trend and interannual variability of the BSO heat transport. Ocean-ice model simulations were conducted in which the interannual variation of atmospheric forcing was maintained only in or outside the Arctic in two different simulations. The sum of their BSO heat transport anomalies reasonably replicated the trend and variability from a hindcast simulation. The upward trend of the BSO heat transport mainly stems from the increasing ocean temperature in the subpolar North Atlantic. For the interannual variability, the local wind and upstream forcing are similarly important. The location of the Atlantic Water boundary current in the Nordic Seas, influenced by the cyclonic atmospheric circulation, is crucial in determining part of the BSO inflow variability. |
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Wang, Qiang Wang, Xuezhu Wekerle, Claudia Danilov, Sergey Jung, Thomas Koldunov, Nikolay Lind, Sigrid Sein, Dmitry Shu, Qi Sidorenko, Dmitry Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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Wang, Qiang Wang, Xuezhu Wekerle, Claudia Danilov, Sergey Jung, Thomas Koldunov, Nikolay Lind, Sigrid Sein, Dmitry Shu, Qi Sidorenko, Dmitry |
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Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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Ocean Heat Transport Into the Barents Sea: Distinct Controls on the Upward Trend and Interannual Variability |
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ocean heat transport into the barents sea: distinct controls on the upward trend and interannual variability |
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Arctic Barents Sea Nordic Seas North Atlantic Sea ice |
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