An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry
This paper provides an overview of the current knowledge of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea's hydro- and biogeochemical dynamics. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) causes the largest short-term variations via common large scale atmospheric variations and the wind-driven exchange of water m...
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ftnioz:oai:imis.nioz.nl:355810 2023-05-15T17:29:08+02:00 An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry van der Molen, J. Pätsch, J. 2022 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/19/381719.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2022.102281 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/19/381719.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EJ.+Sea+Res.+189%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+102281.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.seares.2022.102281%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.seares.2022.102281%3C%2Fa%3E info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 ftnioz https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2022.102281 2022-10-05T22:19:47Z This paper provides an overview of the current knowledge of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea's hydro- and biogeochemical dynamics. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) causes the largest short-term variations via common large scale atmospheric variations and the wind-driven exchange of water masses. On longer time scales the zonal shifts in the position of the subpolar front (SPF) in the eastern North Atlantic, also triggered by the NAO, determine the oceanic settings in the northern and central North Sea. The hydrodynamics of the southern North Sea are influenced more by local forcings. The influence of Atlantic forcing extends to the biogeochemistry of the northern North Sea, but its influence on primary production is still unclear. Climate change is expected to reinforce some of the forcing mechanisms but may reduce others, and further work is advised to firm up the projections available to date. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation NIOZ Repository (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Journal of Sea Research 189 102281 |
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This paper provides an overview of the current knowledge of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea's hydro- and biogeochemical dynamics. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) causes the largest short-term variations via common large scale atmospheric variations and the wind-driven exchange of water masses. On longer time scales the zonal shifts in the position of the subpolar front (SPF) in the eastern North Atlantic, also triggered by the NAO, determine the oceanic settings in the northern and central North Sea. The hydrodynamics of the southern North Sea are influenced more by local forcings. The influence of Atlantic forcing extends to the biogeochemistry of the northern North Sea, but its influence on primary production is still unclear. Climate change is expected to reinforce some of the forcing mechanisms but may reduce others, and further work is advised to firm up the projections available to date. |
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An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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An overview of Atlantic forcing of the North Sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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overview of atlantic forcing of the north sea with focus on oceanography and biogeochemistry |
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