Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait
International audience The temporal evolution of the characteristics of Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is reconstructed using hydrographic data and compared with possible atmospheric forcing mechanisms. It is concluded that the main factor influencing the DSOW characteristics at a time scale o...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00298342v1 2023-11-12T04:16:23+01:00 Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait Holfort, J. Albrecht, T. Institut für Meereskunde Hamburg Universität Hamburg (UHH) present adress: BSH Deutsche Marine 2007-09-24 https://hal.science/hal-00298342 https://hal.science/hal-00298342/document https://hal.science/hal-00298342/file/os-3-411-2007.pdf en eng HAL CCSD European Geosciences Union hal-00298342 https://hal.science/hal-00298342 https://hal.science/hal-00298342/document https://hal.science/hal-00298342/file/os-3-411-2007.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 1812-0784 EISSN: 1812-0792 Ocean Science https://hal.science/hal-00298342 Ocean Science, 2007, 3 (3), pp.411-416 [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2007 ftinsu 2023-10-25T16:28:06Z International audience The temporal evolution of the characteristics of Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is reconstructed using hydrographic data and compared with possible atmospheric forcing mechanisms. It is concluded that the main factor influencing the DSOW characteristics at a time scale of one to several years is the difference in mean sea level pressure across Denmark Strait or, in other words, the wind along Denmark Strait. At these time scales upstream changes in the characteristics of the different water masses involved in the formation of DSOW are only of minor importance. The main process responsible for the observed salinity changes in the DSOW is mixing in Denmark Strait. Triggered by the wind, different water masses contribute with changing amounts to the formation of DSOW, leading to the observed changes in the salinity of DSOW. Article in Journal/Newspaper Denmark Strait Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU |
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International audience The temporal evolution of the characteristics of Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is reconstructed using hydrographic data and compared with possible atmospheric forcing mechanisms. It is concluded that the main factor influencing the DSOW characteristics at a time scale of one to several years is the difference in mean sea level pressure across Denmark Strait or, in other words, the wind along Denmark Strait. At these time scales upstream changes in the characteristics of the different water masses involved in the formation of DSOW are only of minor importance. The main process responsible for the observed salinity changes in the DSOW is mixing in Denmark Strait. Triggered by the wind, different water masses contribute with changing amounts to the formation of DSOW, leading to the observed changes in the salinity of DSOW. |
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Holfort, J. Albrecht, T. |
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait |
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait |
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait |
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait |
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Atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of Denmark Strait |
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atmospheric forcing of salinity in the overflow of denmark strait |
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Denmark Strait |
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Denmark Strait |
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ISSN: 1812-0784 EISSN: 1812-0792 Ocean Science https://hal.science/hal-00298342 Ocean Science, 2007, 3 (3), pp.411-416 |
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