Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean
Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field is characterized by fea...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:7f79405640394766abf9e554ef9f9de8 2023-05-15T13:59:11+02:00 Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean M. Tomczak 2007-08-01 http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/363/2007/os-3-363-2007.pdf https://doaj.org/article/7f79405640394766abf9e554ef9f9de8 en eng Copernicus Publications 1812-0784 1812-0792 http://www.ocean-sci.net/3/363/2007/os-3-363-2007.pdf https://doaj.org/article/7f79405640394766abf9e554ef9f9de8 undefined Ocean Science, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 363-377 (2007) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2007 fttriple 2023-01-22T19:26:07Z Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field is characterized by features of geostrophic turbulence such as fronts, eddies and intrusions. Comparison of the Argo float observations with the climatology of the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) reveals significant differences between the two data sets. Some of the differences may have their origin in problems with the WOA data density in remote regions of the South Pacific, but most are more likely produced by interannual variations of the AAIW salinity field. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Unknown Antarctic Pacific |
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Argo float time series data are used to study the salinity field at the depth of the salinity minimum produced by Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW). It is found that far from showing the smooth erosion of the minimum that would result from diffusive flow, the salinity field is characterized by features of geostrophic turbulence such as fronts, eddies and intrusions. Comparison of the Argo float observations with the climatology of the World Ocean Atlas (WOA) reveals significant differences between the two data sets. Some of the differences may have their origin in problems with the WOA data density in remote regions of the South Pacific, but most are more likely produced by interannual variations of the AAIW salinity field. |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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Variability of Antarctic intermediate Water properties in the South Pacific Ocean |
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variability of antarctic intermediate water properties in the south pacific ocean |
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