Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope
International audience The Labrador Current is an important conduit of freshwater from the Arctic to the interior North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Here we investigate the spatial variability of the freshwater sources over the southern Labrador shelf and slope during May–June 2014. Using measurements of...
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author | Benetti, Marion Reverdin, Gilles Lique, Camille Yashayaev, Igor Holliday, Naomi Penny Tynan, Eithne Torres-Valdes, S. Lherminier, Pascale Tréguer, Paul Sarthou, Géraldine |
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description | International audience The Labrador Current is an important conduit of freshwater from the Arctic to the interior North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Here we investigate the spatial variability of the freshwater sources over the southern Labrador shelf and slope during May–June 2014. Using measurements of seawater properties such as temperature, salinity, nutrients, and oxygen isotopic composition, we estimate the respective contributions of saline water of Atlantic and Pacific origins, of brines released during sea ice formation, and of freshwater from sea ice melt and meteoric water origins. On the southern Labrador shelf, we find a large brine signal and Pacific water influence indicating a large contribution of water from the Canadian Arctic. The brine signal implies that more than 4 m of sea ice formed upstream, either in the Arctic or in Baffin Bay and the northern Labrador Sea. Over the midshelf and slope at 52°N, we find a stronger influence of slope water from the West Greenland Current with a smaller contribution of Pacific water and no brine signal. Thus, there is advection of water from the slope region to the midshelf between 55°N and 52°N. Very freshwater with high meteoric content is found close to the coast in June 2014. Observations from 1995 and 2008 suggest a higher fraction of brine and Pacific water on the shelf compared to that observed in 2014. |
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spelling | ftunivparis:oai:HAL:hal-01483138v1 2025-03-16T15:22:32+00:00 Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope Benetti, Marion Reverdin, Gilles Lique, Camille Yashayaev, Igor Holliday, Naomi Penny Tynan, Eithne Torres-Valdes, S. Lherminier, Pascale Tréguer, Paul Sarthou, Géraldine Institute of Earth Sciences Reykjavik University of Iceland Reykjavik Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Interactions et Processus au sein de la couche de Surface Océanique (IPSO) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL) 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) Institut océanographique Bedford - Bedford Oceanographic Institute Dartmouth, Canada (IOB) National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOC) University of Southampton Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ANR-13-BS06-0014,GEOVIDE,GEOVIDE, Une étude internationale GEOTRACES le long de la section OVIDE en Atlantique Nord et en Mer du Labrador(2013) 2017 https://hal.science/hal-01483138 https://hal.science/hal-01483138v1/document https://hal.science/hal-01483138v1/file/Benetti_etal_JoGR_2017.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012244 en eng CCSD Wiley-Blackwell info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/2016JC012244 doi:10.1002/2016JC012244 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2169-9275 EISSN: 2169-9291 Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans https://hal.science/hal-01483138 Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 2017, 122 (2), pp.1102-1121. ⟨10.1002/2016JC012244⟩ Climate variability ACL freshwater Continental shelf and slope processes stable isotopes Pacific water Labrador Current Water masses sea ice melt Water budgets brines [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftunivparis https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012244 2025-02-14T01:02:10Z International audience The Labrador Current is an important conduit of freshwater from the Arctic to the interior North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Here we investigate the spatial variability of the freshwater sources over the southern Labrador shelf and slope during May–June 2014. Using measurements of seawater properties such as temperature, salinity, nutrients, and oxygen isotopic composition, we estimate the respective contributions of saline water of Atlantic and Pacific origins, of brines released during sea ice formation, and of freshwater from sea ice melt and meteoric water origins. On the southern Labrador shelf, we find a large brine signal and Pacific water influence indicating a large contribution of water from the Canadian Arctic. The brine signal implies that more than 4 m of sea ice formed upstream, either in the Arctic or in Baffin Bay and the northern Labrador Sea. Over the midshelf and slope at 52°N, we find a stronger influence of slope water from the West Greenland Current with a smaller contribution of Pacific water and no brine signal. Thus, there is advection of water from the slope region to the midshelf between 55°N and 52°N. Very freshwater with high meteoric content is found close to the coast in June 2014. Observations from 1995 and 2008 suggest a higher fraction of brine and Pacific water on the shelf compared to that observed in 2014. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Greenland Labrador Sea North Atlantic Sea ice Université de Paris: Portail HAL Arctic Baffin Bay Greenland Labrador Shelf ENVELOPE(-58.000,-58.000,56.000,56.000) Pacific Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 122 2 1102 1121 |
spellingShingle | Climate variability ACL freshwater Continental shelf and slope processes stable isotopes Pacific water Labrador Current Water masses sea ice melt Water budgets brines [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography Benetti, Marion Reverdin, Gilles Lique, Camille Yashayaev, Igor Holliday, Naomi Penny Tynan, Eithne Torres-Valdes, S. Lherminier, Pascale Tréguer, Paul Sarthou, Géraldine Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title | Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title_full | Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title_fullStr | Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title_full_unstemmed | Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title_short | Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope |
title_sort | composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern labrador shelf and slope |
topic | Climate variability ACL freshwater Continental shelf and slope processes stable isotopes Pacific water Labrador Current Water masses sea ice melt Water budgets brines [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography |
topic_facet | Climate variability ACL freshwater Continental shelf and slope processes stable isotopes Pacific water Labrador Current Water masses sea ice melt Water budgets brines [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography |
url | https://hal.science/hal-01483138 https://hal.science/hal-01483138v1/document https://hal.science/hal-01483138v1/file/Benetti_etal_JoGR_2017.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012244 |