What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea?
The Labrador Sea is a region of climatic importance as a result of the occurrence of oceanic wintertime convection, a process that is integral to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This process requires large air-sea heat fluxes that result in a loss of surface buoyancy, triggering con...
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ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:48833 2023-05-15T17:05:57+02:00 What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea? Moore, G.W.K. Pickart, R.S. Renfrew, I.A. Våge, K. 2014-05-28 https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/48833/ https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059940 unknown Moore, G.W.K., Pickart, R.S., Renfrew, I.A. and Våge, K. (2014) What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea? Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (10). pp. 3628-3635. ISSN 0094-8276 doi:10.1002/2014GL059940 Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL059940 2023-03-23T23:32:01Z The Labrador Sea is a region of climatic importance as a result of the occurrence of oceanic wintertime convection, a process that is integral to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This process requires large air-sea heat fluxes that result in a loss of surface buoyancy, triggering convective overturning of the water column. The Labrador Sea wintertime turbulent heat flux maximum is situated downstream of the ice edge, a location previously thought to be causal. Here we show that there is considerable similarity in the characteristics of the regional mean atmospheric circulation and high heat flux events over the Labrador Sea during early winter, when the ice is situated to the north, and midwinter, when it is near the region of maximum heat loss. This suggests that other factors, including the topography of the nearby upstream and downstream landmasses, contribute to the location of the heat flux maximum. Article in Journal/Newspaper Labrador Sea University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Midwinter ENVELOPE(139.931,139.931,-66.690,-66.690) Geophysical Research Letters 41 10 3628 3635 |
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The Labrador Sea is a region of climatic importance as a result of the occurrence of oceanic wintertime convection, a process that is integral to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This process requires large air-sea heat fluxes that result in a loss of surface buoyancy, triggering convective overturning of the water column. The Labrador Sea wintertime turbulent heat flux maximum is situated downstream of the ice edge, a location previously thought to be causal. Here we show that there is considerable similarity in the characteristics of the regional mean atmospheric circulation and high heat flux events over the Labrador Sea during early winter, when the ice is situated to the north, and midwinter, when it is near the region of maximum heat loss. This suggests that other factors, including the topography of the nearby upstream and downstream landmasses, contribute to the location of the heat flux maximum. |
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What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea? |
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Moore, G.W.K., Pickart, R.S., Renfrew, I.A. and Våge, K. (2014) What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea? Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (10). pp. 3628-3635. ISSN 0094-8276 doi:10.1002/2014GL059940 |
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