Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break
Eddy-related cross-slope exchange along the Bering Sea shelf break was investigated using a hydrographic observations data set and a numerical model. Results of observations in summer of 2001 showed a shelf break front that formed at a shelf break near an anticyclonic eddy, high nitrate-nitrite conc...
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fthokunivhus:oai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/16976 2023-05-15T15:43:20+02:00 Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break Mizobata, Kohei Wang, Jia Saitoh, Sei-ichi http://hdl.handle.net/2115/16976 https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003335 eng eng American Geophysical Union http://hdl.handle.net/2115/16976 Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 111(C10): C10017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003335 An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006, American Geophysical Union, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, Vol. 111-C10 Bering Sea eddy cross-slope exchange on-shelf flux hydrographic observation numerical model 452 article (author version) fthokunivhus https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JC003335 2022-11-18T01:01:23Z Eddy-related cross-slope exchange along the Bering Sea shelf break was investigated using a hydrographic observations data set and a numerical model. Results of observations in summer of 2001 showed a shelf break front that formed at a shelf break near an anticyclonic eddy, high nitrate-nitrite concentrations in the subsurface layer, and high chlorophyll a (Chl-a) concentrations (≥6 mg m−3) in the surface layer. A hydrographic observation in summer of 2002 exhibited relatively high Chl-a concentrations at the surface around the anticyclonic eddy. Tracer experiments revealed two types of cross-slope exchange. Under isopycnals, nutrient-rich water in the basin is transported to the shelf and there is about a 64.53% increase in integrated nitrate-nitrite on-shelf flux (50 m depth ∼bottom), when mesoscale eddies are formed and propagated along the shelf break. At the surface, high Chl-a waters in the shelf are advected to the deep basin area by eddy transport and propagation. These indicate that (1) mesoscale eddies supply nutrients and sustain primary productivity at the shelf break, and (2) eddies expand the high Chl-a area to the basin, then to the highly productive area, so that the Green Belt is maintained. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (HUSCAP) Bering Sea Journal of Geophysical Research 111 C10 |
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Eddy-related cross-slope exchange along the Bering Sea shelf break was investigated using a hydrographic observations data set and a numerical model. Results of observations in summer of 2001 showed a shelf break front that formed at a shelf break near an anticyclonic eddy, high nitrate-nitrite concentrations in the subsurface layer, and high chlorophyll a (Chl-a) concentrations (≥6 mg m−3) in the surface layer. A hydrographic observation in summer of 2002 exhibited relatively high Chl-a concentrations at the surface around the anticyclonic eddy. Tracer experiments revealed two types of cross-slope exchange. Under isopycnals, nutrient-rich water in the basin is transported to the shelf and there is about a 64.53% increase in integrated nitrate-nitrite on-shelf flux (50 m depth ∼bottom), when mesoscale eddies are formed and propagated along the shelf break. At the surface, high Chl-a waters in the shelf are advected to the deep basin area by eddy transport and propagation. These indicate that (1) mesoscale eddies supply nutrients and sustain primary productivity at the shelf break, and (2) eddies expand the high Chl-a area to the basin, then to the highly productive area, so that the Green Belt is maintained. |
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Mizobata, Kohei Wang, Jia Saitoh, Sei-ichi |
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Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break |
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Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break |
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Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break |
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Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the Bering Sea shelf break |
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eddy-induced cross-slope exchange maintaining summer high productivity of the bering sea shelf break |
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An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006, American Geophysical Union, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, Vol. 111-C10 |
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