Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data
International audience The variability present in a 1/6th degree Atlantic ocean simulation forced by analysed wind stress and heat flux over a 20-year period is investigated by means of heat transport diagnostics. A section is defined which follows the Gulf Stream and its seaward extension, and transp...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-00356730v1 2023-05-15T17:34:26+02:00 Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data Hall, N. M. J. Barnier, Bernard Penduff, Thierry Molines, Jean-Marc Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2004 https://hal.science/hal-00356730 https://hal.science/hal-00356730/document https://hal.science/hal-00356730/file/Hall2004.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2 en eng HAL CCSD Springer Verlag info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2 hal-00356730 https://hal.science/hal-00356730 https://hal.science/hal-00356730/document https://hal.science/hal-00356730/file/Hall2004.pdf doi:10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0930-7575 EISSN: 1432-0894 Climate Dynamics https://hal.science/hal-00356730 Climate Dynamics, 2004, 23, pp.341-351. ⟨10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2⟩ Heat Transport Surface Heat Flux Interannual Variability Annual Cycle Wind Stress [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography [SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2004 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2 2023-03-01T03:00:34Z International audience The variability present in a 1/6th degree Atlantic ocean simulation forced by analysed wind stress and heat flux over a 20-year period is investigated by means of heat transport diagnostics. A section is defined which follows the Gulf Stream and its seaward extension, and transport of heat across this section is analysed to reveal the physical mechanisms responsible for 'inter- gyre' heat exchanges on a variety of time scales. Heat transport across another section that crosses the Gulf Stream is also diagnosed to reveal the temporal behav- iour of the 'gyre' circulation. The Ekman response to wind stress variations accounts for the annual cycle and much of the interannual variability in both measures. For the intergyre heat transports, cancellation by transient- mean flow terms leads to a very weak annual cycle. Transient eddies account for approximately half the total intergyre transport of 0.7 Petawatts. They also account for a significant fraction of the interannual variability, but separate experiments with repeated-annual-cycle forcing indicate that the transient eddy component of the heat transport variability is internally generated. Links between the intergyre transport, the wind-driven gyre circulation, the surface heat budget and the atmospheric 'North Atlantic Oscillation' are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Climate Dynamics 23 3-4 341 351 |
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International audience The variability present in a 1/6th degree Atlantic ocean simulation forced by analysed wind stress and heat flux over a 20-year period is investigated by means of heat transport diagnostics. A section is defined which follows the Gulf Stream and its seaward extension, and transport of heat across this section is analysed to reveal the physical mechanisms responsible for 'inter- gyre' heat exchanges on a variety of time scales. Heat transport across another section that crosses the Gulf Stream is also diagnosed to reveal the temporal behav- iour of the 'gyre' circulation. The Ekman response to wind stress variations accounts for the annual cycle and much of the interannual variability in both measures. For the intergyre heat transports, cancellation by transient- mean flow terms leads to a very weak annual cycle. Transient eddies account for approximately half the total intergyre transport of 0.7 Petawatts. They also account for a significant fraction of the interannual variability, but separate experiments with repeated-annual-cycle forcing indicate that the transient eddy component of the heat transport variability is internally generated. Links between the intergyre transport, the wind-driven gyre circulation, the surface heat budget and the atmospheric 'North Atlantic Oscillation' are discussed. |
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Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels Grenoble (LEGI) Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data |
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Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data |
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Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data |
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Interannual variation of Gulf Stream heat transport in a high resolution model forced by reanalysis data |
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ISSN: 0930-7575 EISSN: 1432-0894 Climate Dynamics https://hal.science/hal-00356730 Climate Dynamics, 2004, 23, pp.341-351. ⟨10.1007/s00382-004-0449-2⟩ |
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