Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic
[1] A recent hydrographic section at 24.5°N in the Atlantic and 6 months of observations from a moored array show that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), the densest and deepest water mass in the world oceans, has been warming. While Johnson et al. (2008) showed that northward AABW transport at 24.5°N h...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/26cdf789-0236-43d6-9eda-1d6430902791 2024-05-19T07:31:26+00:00 Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic Frajka-Williams, E. Cunningham, S. A. Bryden, H. King, B. A. 2011-11-17 application/pdf https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/26cdf789-0236-43d6-9eda-1d6430902791 https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007168 https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/1899698/J._Geophys_Res._2012_Frajka_Williams.pdf eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/26cdf789-0236-43d6-9eda-1d6430902791 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Frajka-Williams , E , Cunningham , S A , Bryden , H & King , B A 2011 , ' Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic ' , Journal of Geophysical Research , vol. 116 , no. c11 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007168 article 2011 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007168 2024-05-02T00:07:13Z [1] A recent hydrographic section at 24.5°N in the Atlantic and 6 months of observations from a moored array show that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), the densest and deepest water mass in the world oceans, has been warming. While Johnson et al. (2008) showed that northward AABW transport at 24.5°N has been declining from 1981 to 2004, suggesting that the lower cell of the overturning circulation could halt in the near future, estimates from the latest hydrographic section in 2010 indicate a partial recovery of northward AABW transport. From 6 months of temperature and salinity observations at a deep moored array at 24–26°N, we find that short-term variability between April and November 2009 is of the same magnitude as the changes observed from hydrographic sections between 1981 and 2004. These observations highlight the possibility that transport changes estimated from hydrographic sections may be aliased by short-term variability. The observed AABW transport variability affects present estimates of the upper meridional overturning circulation by ±0.4 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3s−1). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Journal of Geophysical Research 116 C11 |
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[1] A recent hydrographic section at 24.5°N in the Atlantic and 6 months of observations from a moored array show that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), the densest and deepest water mass in the world oceans, has been warming. While Johnson et al. (2008) showed that northward AABW transport at 24.5°N has been declining from 1981 to 2004, suggesting that the lower cell of the overturning circulation could halt in the near future, estimates from the latest hydrographic section in 2010 indicate a partial recovery of northward AABW transport. From 6 months of temperature and salinity observations at a deep moored array at 24–26°N, we find that short-term variability between April and November 2009 is of the same magnitude as the changes observed from hydrographic sections between 1981 and 2004. These observations highlight the possibility that transport changes estimated from hydrographic sections may be aliased by short-term variability. The observed AABW transport variability affects present estimates of the upper meridional overturning circulation by ±0.4 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3s−1). |
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Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic |
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Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic |
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Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic |
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Frajka-Williams , E , Cunningham , S A , Bryden , H & King , B A 2011 , ' Variability of Antarctic bottom water at 24.5 degrees N in the Atlantic ' , Journal of Geophysical Research , vol. 116 , no. c11 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007168 |
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