Baroclinic Flow and Transient-Tracer Fields in the Canary–Cape Verde Basin

• Main Authors: Thiele, Gerhard, Roether, Wolfgang, Schlosser, Peter, Kuntz, Reinhard, Siedler, Gerold, Stramma, Lothar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMS (American Meteorological Society) 1986
• Subjects: Sarmiento; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15380/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15380/1/1520-0485%281986%29016_0814_BFATTF_2.0.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1986)016<0814:BFATTF>2.0.CO;2

Simulated transient-tracer distributions (tritium, 3H3, freons) on the isopycnal horizons σ0=26.5 and 26.8 kg m−3 are presented for the East Atlantic, 10° −40°N. Tracer transport is modeled by employing a baroclinic flow field based on empirical data in a kinematic isopycnal advection-diffusion nume...