Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water
The North Atlantic subtropical gyre was shown to have experienced warming since 1970s. But this trend sits on top of a large interannual variability driven by mechanisms that are yet to be clarified, especially with regard to extreme winter events. In this research, we developed an observation-based...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:tel-03348108v1 2024-04-14T08:15:33+00:00 Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water Le transport d'Ekman comme déclencheur des extrêmes de formation de l'Eau Modale à 18 degrés aux échelles de temps interannuelles Li, Ke Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest Herlé Mercier Guillaume Maze 2020-12-15 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/file/These-2020-SML-Oceanographie_physique_et_environnement-LI_Ke.pdf en eng HAL CCSD NNT: 2020BRES0085 tel-03348108 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/file/These-2020-SML-Oceanographie_physique_et_environnement-LI_Ke.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108 Oceanography. Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest, 2020. English. ⟨NNT : 2020BRES0085⟩ Weather regimes Ocean stratification Subtropical gyre Ekman current North Atlantic subtropical mode water Argo floats Gyre subtropical Subtropicale de l'Atlantique Nord Advection d'Ekman [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis Theses 2020 ftinsu 2024-03-21T17:17:23Z The North Atlantic subtropical gyre was shown to have experienced warming since 1970s. But this trend sits on top of a large interannual variability driven by mechanisms that are yet to be clarified, especially with regard to extreme winter events. In this research, we developed an observation-based ocean heat budget of the upper 800 m in the western subtropical North Atlantic, a region where heat is mostly stored in the Eighteen Degree mode Water (EDW).In interannual time scale, the variability of geostrophic advection, mostly driven by the GulfStream, is the most dominant factor to that of the ocean heat content (OHC) variability, 2.5 times as large as that of Ekman advection and almost four times as large as that of surface heat loss (which dominates at the seasonal cycle only). However, the annually ventilated EDW exhibits extreme values in 2008, 2013, and 2015 that correspond to opposite OHC anomalies. We will show that Ekman advection is the best indicator and driving mechanism explaining these extreme occurrences. We have further shown that such extreme Ekman advection patterns can be linked to large scale atmospheric weather storms and that both storm intensity and duration have an impact on the extreme of EDW ventilation and that of the heat content in the western subtropical North Atlantic. La gyre subtropical de l'Atlantique Nord montre depuis 1970 une tendance au réchauffement. Cette tendance se superpose à une variabilité interannuelle intense, mais dont les mécanismes ne sont pas encore bien connus, en particulier, à l'égard des évènements extrêmes hivernaux. Dans cette thèse, nous avons développé, sur la base d'observations, un bilan de chaleur océanique, au-dessus de 800m dans la région ouest subtropicale de l'Atlantique Nord, une région où la chaleur est presque entièrement stockée dans l'Eau Modale à 18oC (Eighteen Degree Water, EDW). A l'échelle de temps interannuelle, la variabilité de l'advection géostrophique est presqu' entièrement contrôlée par le Gulf Stream, qui est le facteur ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis North Atlantic Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU |
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Weather regimes Ocean stratification Subtropical gyre Ekman current North Atlantic subtropical mode water Argo floats Gyre subtropical Subtropicale de l'Atlantique Nord Advection d'Ekman [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography |
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Weather regimes Ocean stratification Subtropical gyre Ekman current North Atlantic subtropical mode water Argo floats Gyre subtropical Subtropicale de l'Atlantique Nord Advection d'Ekman [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography |
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The North Atlantic subtropical gyre was shown to have experienced warming since 1970s. But this trend sits on top of a large interannual variability driven by mechanisms that are yet to be clarified, especially with regard to extreme winter events. In this research, we developed an observation-based ocean heat budget of the upper 800 m in the western subtropical North Atlantic, a region where heat is mostly stored in the Eighteen Degree mode Water (EDW).In interannual time scale, the variability of geostrophic advection, mostly driven by the GulfStream, is the most dominant factor to that of the ocean heat content (OHC) variability, 2.5 times as large as that of Ekman advection and almost four times as large as that of surface heat loss (which dominates at the seasonal cycle only). However, the annually ventilated EDW exhibits extreme values in 2008, 2013, and 2015 that correspond to opposite OHC anomalies. We will show that Ekman advection is the best indicator and driving mechanism explaining these extreme occurrences. We have further shown that such extreme Ekman advection patterns can be linked to large scale atmospheric weather storms and that both storm intensity and duration have an impact on the extreme of EDW ventilation and that of the heat content in the western subtropical North Atlantic. La gyre subtropical de l'Atlantique Nord montre depuis 1970 une tendance au réchauffement. Cette tendance se superpose à une variabilité interannuelle intense, mais dont les mécanismes ne sont pas encore bien connus, en particulier, à l'égard des évènements extrêmes hivernaux. Dans cette thèse, nous avons développé, sur la base d'observations, un bilan de chaleur océanique, au-dessus de 800m dans la région ouest subtropicale de l'Atlantique Nord, une région où la chaleur est presque entièrement stockée dans l'Eau Modale à 18oC (Eighteen Degree Water, EDW). A l'échelle de temps interannuelle, la variabilité de l'advection géostrophique est presqu' entièrement contrôlée par le Gulf Stream, qui est le facteur ... |
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Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest Herlé Mercier Guillaume Maze |
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Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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Ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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ekman transport : a trigger of interannual extreme formation rates of eighteen degree water |
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https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108 https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108/file/These-2020-SML-Oceanographie_physique_et_environnement-LI_Ke.pdf |
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https://theses.hal.science/tel-03348108 Oceanography. Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest, 2020. English. ⟨NNT : 2020BRES0085⟩ |
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