Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015
International audience Using Argo floats, we show that a major deep convective activity occurred simultaneously in the Labrador Sea (LAB), south of Cape Farewell (SCF), and the Irminger Sea (IRM) during winter 2014-2015. Convection was driven by exceptional heat loss to the atmosphere (up to 50% hig...
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ftunivbrest:oai:HAL:insu-03682755v1 2024-04-14T08:14:30+00:00 Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 Piron, A. Thierry, V. Mercier, H. Caniaux, G. Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-10-EQPX-0040,NAOS,Observations de l'océan global pour l'étude et la prévision de l'océan et du climat: préparation de la nouvelle décennie d'Argo(2010) 2017 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202017%20-%20Piron%20-%20Gyre%25u2010scale%20deep%20convection%20in%20the%20subpolar%20North%20Atlantic%20Ocean%20during%20winter.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071895 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/2016GL071895 insu-03682755 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202017%20-%20Piron%20-%20Gyre%25u2010scale%20deep%20convection%20in%20the%20subpolar%20North%20Atlantic%20Ocean%20during%20winter.pdf BIBCODE: 2017GeoRL.44.1439P doi:10.1002/2016GL071895 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755 Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44, pp.1439-1447. ⟨10.1002/2016GL071895⟩ North Atlantic ocean deep convection Argo air-sea forcing mixed layer depth preconditioning [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftunivbrest https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071895 2024-03-21T16:24:19Z International audience Using Argo floats, we show that a major deep convective activity occurred simultaneously in the Labrador Sea (LAB), south of Cape Farewell (SCF), and the Irminger Sea (IRM) during winter 2014-2015. Convection was driven by exceptional heat loss to the atmosphere (up to 50% higher than the climatological mean). This is the first observation of deep convection over such a widespread area. Mixed layer depths exceptionally reached 1700 m in SCF and 1400 m in IRM. The deep thermocline density gradient limited the mixed layer deepening in the Labrador Sea to 1800 m. Potential densities of deep waters were similar in the three basins (27.73-27.74 kg m -3 ) but warmer by 0.3°C and saltier by 0.04 in IRM than in LAB and SCF, meaning that each basin formed locally its own deep water. The cold anomaly that developed recently in the North Atlantic Ocean favored and was enhanced by this exceptional convection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Labrador Sea North Atlantic Université de Bretagne Occidentale: HAL Irminger Sea ENVELOPE(-34.041,-34.041,63.054,63.054) Geophysical Research Letters 44 3 1439 1447 |
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International audience Using Argo floats, we show that a major deep convective activity occurred simultaneously in the Labrador Sea (LAB), south of Cape Farewell (SCF), and the Irminger Sea (IRM) during winter 2014-2015. Convection was driven by exceptional heat loss to the atmosphere (up to 50% higher than the climatological mean). This is the first observation of deep convection over such a widespread area. Mixed layer depths exceptionally reached 1700 m in SCF and 1400 m in IRM. The deep thermocline density gradient limited the mixed layer deepening in the Labrador Sea to 1800 m. Potential densities of deep waters were similar in the three basins (27.73-27.74 kg m -3 ) but warmer by 0.3°C and saltier by 0.04 in IRM than in LAB and SCF, meaning that each basin formed locally its own deep water. The cold anomaly that developed recently in the North Atlantic Ocean favored and was enhanced by this exceptional convection. |
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Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-10-EQPX-0040,NAOS,Observations de l'océan global pour l'étude et la prévision de l'océan et du climat: préparation de la nouvelle décennie d'Argo(2010) |
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Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 |
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Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 |
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Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 |
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Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 |
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Gyre-scale deep convection in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean during winter 2014-2015 |
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https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755 https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/document https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755/file/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202017%20-%20Piron%20-%20Gyre%25u2010scale%20deep%20convection%20in%20the%20subpolar%20North%20Atlantic%20Ocean%20during%20winter.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071895 |
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ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://insu.hal.science/insu-03682755 Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44, pp.1439-1447. ⟨10.1002/2016GL071895⟩ |
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