Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ...
<!--!introduction!--> The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in a warming climate. However, observational evidence of such changes in the Southern Ocean is difficult to obtain due to sparse measurements and a complex superposition of changes in precipitation, sea ice, and glacial melt...
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ftdatacite:10.57757/iugg23-2697 2023-07-23T04:21:42+02:00 Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ... Akhoudas, Camille Sallée, Jean-Baptiste Reverdin, Gilles Haumann, F. Alexander Pauthenet, Etienne Chapman, C. Christopher Margirier, Félix Lo Monaco, Claire Metzl, Nicolas Meilland, Julie Stranne, Christian 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-2697 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5019197 unknown GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Article ConferencePaper Oral 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-2697 2023-07-03T18:50:07Z <!--!introduction!--> The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in a warming climate. However, observational evidence of such changes in the Southern Ocean is difficult to obtain due to sparse measurements and a complex superposition of changes in precipitation, sea ice, and glacial meltwater. To unravel these signals, we leverage a unique dataset of salinity and seawater oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) observations collected in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Much of the surface south (north) of 46°S experienced a freshening (salinification) associated with decreases (increases) in δ 18 O between 1993 and 2021. Many processes have been proposed to explain surface salinity changes, including intensified freshwater fluxes from the atmosphere or increased glacial meltwater or from intensification of sea ice freshwater transport. However, the contribution of each mechanism that led to observed changes of the Southern Ocean surface waters, remains unclear. Here, we argue that the atmospheric water ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ... Conference Object Sea ice Southern Ocean DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Southern Ocean Indian |
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<!--!introduction!--> The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify in a warming climate. However, observational evidence of such changes in the Southern Ocean is difficult to obtain due to sparse measurements and a complex superposition of changes in precipitation, sea ice, and glacial meltwater. To unravel these signals, we leverage a unique dataset of salinity and seawater oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) observations collected in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Much of the surface south (north) of 46°S experienced a freshening (salinification) associated with decreases (increases) in δ 18 O between 1993 and 2021. Many processes have been proposed to explain surface salinity changes, including intensified freshwater fluxes from the atmosphere or increased glacial meltwater or from intensification of sea ice freshwater transport. However, the contribution of each mechanism that led to observed changes of the Southern Ocean surface waters, remains unclear. Here, we argue that the atmospheric water ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ... |
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Akhoudas, Camille Sallée, Jean-Baptiste Reverdin, Gilles Haumann, F. Alexander Pauthenet, Etienne Chapman, C. Christopher Margirier, Félix Lo Monaco, Claire Metzl, Nicolas Meilland, Julie Stranne, Christian |
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Akhoudas, Camille Sallée, Jean-Baptiste Reverdin, Gilles Haumann, F. Alexander Pauthenet, Etienne Chapman, C. Christopher Margirier, Félix Lo Monaco, Claire Metzl, Nicolas Meilland, Julie Stranne, Christian Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ... |
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Akhoudas, Camille Sallée, Jean-Baptiste Reverdin, Gilles Haumann, F. Alexander Pauthenet, Etienne Chapman, C. Christopher Margirier, Félix Lo Monaco, Claire Metzl, Nicolas Meilland, Julie Stranne, Christian |
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Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ... |
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Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ... |
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Isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean ... |
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isotopic evidence for an intensified hydrological cycle in the indian sector of the southern ocean ... |
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