Impact of mesoscale eddies on water transport between the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea
Sea surface height anomalies observed by satellites in 1993--2012 are combined with simulation and observations by surface drifters and Argo floats to study water flow pattern in the Near Strait (NS) connected the Pacific Ocean with the Bering Sea. Daily Lagrangian latitudinal maps, computed with th...
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ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.1305.1085 2023-05-15T15:43:34+02:00 Impact of mesoscale eddies on water transport between the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea Prants, S. V. Andreev, A. A. Budyansky, M. V. Uleysky, M. Yu. 2013 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1305.1085 https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1085 unknown arXiv https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.09.003 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode cc-by-3.0 CC-BY Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics physics.ao-ph FOS Physical sciences article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle Text 2013 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1305.1085 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.09.003 2022-04-01T13:23:02Z Sea surface height anomalies observed by satellites in 1993--2012 are combined with simulation and observations by surface drifters and Argo floats to study water flow pattern in the Near Strait (NS) connected the Pacific Ocean with the Bering Sea. Daily Lagrangian latitudinal maps, computed with the AVISO surface velocity field, and calculation of the transport across the strait show that the flow through the NS is highly variable and controlled by mesoscale and submesoscale eddies in the area. On the seasonal scale, the flux through the western part of the NR is negatively correlated with the flux through its eastern part ($r=-0.93$). On the interannual time scale, a significant positive correlation ($r=0.72$) is diagnosed between the NS transport and the wind stress in winter. Increased southward component of the wind stress decreases the northward water transport through the strait. Positive wind stress curl over the strait area in winter--spring generates the cyclonic circulation and thereby enhances the southward flow in the western part ($r=-0.68$) and northward flow in the eastern part ($r=0.61$) of the NR. In fall, the water transport in different parts of the NS is determined by the strength of the anticyclonic mesoscale eddy located in the Alaskan Stream area. Text Bering Sea DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Bering Sea Pacific Curl ENVELOPE(-63.071,-63.071,-70.797,-70.797) |
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Sea surface height anomalies observed by satellites in 1993--2012 are combined with simulation and observations by surface drifters and Argo floats to study water flow pattern in the Near Strait (NS) connected the Pacific Ocean with the Bering Sea. Daily Lagrangian latitudinal maps, computed with the AVISO surface velocity field, and calculation of the transport across the strait show that the flow through the NS is highly variable and controlled by mesoscale and submesoscale eddies in the area. On the seasonal scale, the flux through the western part of the NR is negatively correlated with the flux through its eastern part ($r=-0.93$). On the interannual time scale, a significant positive correlation ($r=0.72$) is diagnosed between the NS transport and the wind stress in winter. Increased southward component of the wind stress decreases the northward water transport through the strait. Positive wind stress curl over the strait area in winter--spring generates the cyclonic circulation and thereby enhances the southward flow in the western part ($r=-0.68$) and northward flow in the eastern part ($r=0.61$) of the NR. In fall, the water transport in different parts of the NS is determined by the strength of the anticyclonic mesoscale eddy located in the Alaskan Stream area. |
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Impact of mesoscale eddies on water transport between the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea |
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