Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard
We quantify Atlantic Water heat loss north of Svalbard using year‐long hydrographic and current records from three moorings deployed across the Svalbard Branch of the Atlantic Water boundary current in 2012–2013. The boundary current loses annually on average 16 W m−2 during the eastward propagation...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/2566146 2023-05-15T15:10:46+02:00 Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard Renner, Angelika Sundfjord, Arild Janout, Markus Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær Beszczynska, Agnieszka Pickart, Robert S. Peréz-Hernández, M. Dolores 2018 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2566146 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013814 eng eng urn:issn:2169-9275 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2566146 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013814 cristin:1609452 Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans Journal article Peer reviewed 2018 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013814 2021-09-23T20:16:06Z We quantify Atlantic Water heat loss north of Svalbard using year‐long hydrographic and current records from three moorings deployed across the Svalbard Branch of the Atlantic Water boundary current in 2012–2013. The boundary current loses annually on average 16 W m−2 during the eastward propagation along the upper continental slope. The largest vertical fluxes of >100 W m−2 occur episodically in autumn and early winter. Episodes of sea ice imported from the north in November 2012 and February 2013 coincided with large ocean‐to‐ice heat fluxes, which effectively melted the ice and sustained open water conditions in the middle of the Arctic winter. Between March and early July 2013, a persistent ice cover‐modulated air‐sea fluxes. Melting sea ice at the start of the winter initiates a cold, up to 100‐m‐deep halocline separating the ice cover from the warm Atlantic Water. Semidiurnal tides dominate the energy over the upper part of the slope. The vertical tidal structure depends on stratification and varies seasonally, with the potential to contribute to vertical fluxes with shear‐driven mixing. Further processes impacting the heat budget include lateral heat loss due to mesoscale eddies, and modest and negligible contributions of Ekman pumping and shelf break upwelling, respectively. The continental slope north of Svalbard is a key example regarding the role of ocean heat for the sea ice cover. Our study underlines the complexity of the ocean's heat budget that is sensitive to the balance between oceanic heat advection, vertical fluxes, air‐sea interaction, and the sea ice cover. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice Svalbard Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Arctic Svalbard Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123 9 6373 6391 |
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We quantify Atlantic Water heat loss north of Svalbard using year‐long hydrographic and current records from three moorings deployed across the Svalbard Branch of the Atlantic Water boundary current in 2012–2013. The boundary current loses annually on average 16 W m−2 during the eastward propagation along the upper continental slope. The largest vertical fluxes of >100 W m−2 occur episodically in autumn and early winter. Episodes of sea ice imported from the north in November 2012 and February 2013 coincided with large ocean‐to‐ice heat fluxes, which effectively melted the ice and sustained open water conditions in the middle of the Arctic winter. Between March and early July 2013, a persistent ice cover‐modulated air‐sea fluxes. Melting sea ice at the start of the winter initiates a cold, up to 100‐m‐deep halocline separating the ice cover from the warm Atlantic Water. Semidiurnal tides dominate the energy over the upper part of the slope. The vertical tidal structure depends on stratification and varies seasonally, with the potential to contribute to vertical fluxes with shear‐driven mixing. Further processes impacting the heat budget include lateral heat loss due to mesoscale eddies, and modest and negligible contributions of Ekman pumping and shelf break upwelling, respectively. The continental slope north of Svalbard is a key example regarding the role of ocean heat for the sea ice cover. Our study underlines the complexity of the ocean's heat budget that is sensitive to the balance between oceanic heat advection, vertical fluxes, air‐sea interaction, and the sea ice cover. publishedVersion |
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Renner, Angelika Sundfjord, Arild Janout, Markus Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær Beszczynska, Agnieszka Pickart, Robert S. Peréz-Hernández, M. Dolores |
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Renner, Angelika Sundfjord, Arild Janout, Markus Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær Beszczynska, Agnieszka Pickart, Robert S. Peréz-Hernández, M. Dolores Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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Renner, Angelika Sundfjord, Arild Janout, Markus Ingvaldsen, Randi Brunvær Beszczynska, Agnieszka Pickart, Robert S. Peréz-Hernández, M. Dolores |
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Renner, Angelika |
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Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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Variability and redistribution of heat in the Atlantic Water boundary current north of Svalbard |
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variability and redistribution of heat in the atlantic water boundary current north of svalbard |
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