Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s
The transformation rates of upper water into intermediate water (500 to 1600 m) of the central Greenland Sea are deduced from annual changes in CFC tracer inventories between 1991 and 2000. Transformation was found to be intermittent in time, mainly taking place in the winters of 1994/1995 and 1999/...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:3167 2024-09-15T18:09:01+00:00 Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s Karstensen, Johannes Schlosser, P. Blindheim, J. Bullister, J. Wallace, Douglas W.R. 2003 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/1/ICES%20Marine%20Science%20Symposia%20-%20Volume%20219%20-%202003%20-%20Part%2053%20of%2075.pdf en eng ICES https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/1/ICES%20Marine%20Science%20Symposia%20-%20Volume%20219%20-%202003%20-%20Part%2053%20of%2075.pdf Karstensen, J. , Schlosser, P., Blindheim, J., Bullister, J. and Wallace, D. W. R. (2003) Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s. Open Access ICES Marine Science Symposia, 219 . pp. 375-377. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftoceanrep 2024-09-04T05:04:40Z The transformation rates of upper water into intermediate water (500 to 1600 m) of the central Greenland Sea are deduced from annual changes in CFC tracer inventories between 1991 and 2000. Transformation was found to be intermittent in time, mainly taking place in the winters of 1994/1995 and 1999/2000. Formation rates are of the order of 0.2 to 0.9 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3 s_1), equivalent to a 10-year average of up to 0.2 Sv. Associated changes in heat content of the intermediate layer are consistent with a winter-time heat loss of 20 W m-2 over 1 month (75 W n r 2 over 1 week) at the sea surface. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Greenland Sea OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) |
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The transformation rates of upper water into intermediate water (500 to 1600 m) of the central Greenland Sea are deduced from annual changes in CFC tracer inventories between 1991 and 2000. Transformation was found to be intermittent in time, mainly taking place in the winters of 1994/1995 and 1999/2000. Formation rates are of the order of 0.2 to 0.9 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3 s_1), equivalent to a 10-year average of up to 0.2 Sv. Associated changes in heat content of the intermediate layer are consistent with a winter-time heat loss of 20 W m-2 over 1 month (75 W n r 2 over 1 week) at the sea surface. |
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Karstensen, Johannes Schlosser, P. Blindheim, J. Bullister, J. Wallace, Douglas W.R. |
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Karstensen, Johannes Schlosser, P. Blindheim, J. Bullister, J. Wallace, Douglas W.R. Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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Karstensen, Johannes Schlosser, P. Blindheim, J. Bullister, J. Wallace, Douglas W.R. |
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Karstensen, Johannes |
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Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s |
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formation of intermediate water in the greenland sea during the 1990s |
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ICES |
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2003 |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/1/ICES%20Marine%20Science%20Symposia%20-%20Volume%20219%20-%202003%20-%20Part%2053%20of%2075.pdf |
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Greenland Greenland Sea |
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Greenland Greenland Sea |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/3167/1/ICES%20Marine%20Science%20Symposia%20-%20Volume%20219%20-%202003%20-%20Part%2053%20of%2075.pdf Karstensen, J. , Schlosser, P., Blindheim, J., Bullister, J. and Wallace, D. W. R. (2003) Formation of intermediate water in the Greenland Sea during the 1990s. Open Access ICES Marine Science Symposia, 219 . pp. 375-377. |
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