Variability of heat and salinity content in the North Atlantic in the last decade

The analysis of the heat and salinity contents has been made for the Northern Atlantic for the decade between January 1999 and December 2008. This analysis is based on the Argo profiling data for the upper 2000 m. Basin-averaged values of heat content deviation (HCD) and salinity content deviation (...

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Published in:Ocean Science
Main Authors: Ivchenko, V. O., Wells, N. C., Aleynik, D. L., Shaw, A. G. P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
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North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-719-2010
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Summary:The analysis of the heat and salinity contents has been made for the Northern Atlantic for the decade between January 1999 and December 2008. This analysis is based on the Argo profiling data for the upper 2000 m. Basin-averaged values of heat content deviation (HCD) and salinity content deviation (SCD) are robust and stable. The HCD and SCD demonstrate positive trends in the last decade in the upper 2000 m of the North Atlantic. The linear trend of HCD and SCD are (11.14±3.17)×1020 J/yr, and (2.80±1.17)×1013 kg/yr, respectively. Both trends are significant at 95% level of significance.

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