Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array
As a component of the meridional overturning variability experiment in the tropical North Atlantic, a four-year-long time series of meridional transport of North Atlantic deep water has been obtained from moored end point measurements of density and bottom pressure. This study presents a quality ass...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:44194 2023-08-27T04:10:41+02:00 Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array Kanzow, T. Send, U. Zenk, W. Chave, A.D. Rhein, M. 2006 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/44194/ unknown Kanzow, T., Send, U., Zenk, W., Chave, A.D. and Rhein, M. (2006) Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53 (3), 528-546. (doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007>). Article PeerReviewed 2006 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007 2023-08-03T22:19:05Z As a component of the meridional overturning variability experiment in the tropical North Atlantic, a four-year-long time series of meridional transport of North Atlantic deep water has been obtained from moored end point measurements of density and bottom pressure. This study presents a quality assessment of the measurement elements. Rigorous pre- and post- deployment in situ calibration of the density sensors and subsequent data processing establish an accuracy of O(1.5 Sv) in internal transport in the 1200–5000 dbar range at subinertial time scales. A similar accuracy is reached in the bottom pressure-derived external transport fluctuations. However, for pressure, variability with periods longer than a deployment's duration (presently about one year) is not measurable. This effect is demonstrated using numerical simulations and a possible solution for detecting long-term external transport changes is presented. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 53 3 528 546 |
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As a component of the meridional overturning variability experiment in the tropical North Atlantic, a four-year-long time series of meridional transport of North Atlantic deep water has been obtained from moored end point measurements of density and bottom pressure. This study presents a quality assessment of the measurement elements. Rigorous pre- and post- deployment in situ calibration of the density sensors and subsequent data processing establish an accuracy of O(1.5 Sv) in internal transport in the 1200–5000 dbar range at subinertial time scales. A similar accuracy is reached in the bottom pressure-derived external transport fluctuations. However, for pressure, variability with periods longer than a deployment's duration (presently about one year) is not measurable. This effect is demonstrated using numerical simulations and a possible solution for detecting long-term external transport changes is presented. |
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Kanzow, T. Send, U. Zenk, W. Chave, A.D. Rhein, M. Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical north atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array |
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Kanzow, T., Send, U., Zenk, W., Chave, A.D. and Rhein, M. (2006) Monitoring the integrated deep meridional flow in the tropical North Atlantic: long-term performance of a geostrophic array. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 53 (3), 528-546. (doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2005.12.007>). |
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