The Role of the Southern Ocean on Global Ocean Circulation and Climate
The Southern Ocean (SO) is a unique and highly dynamic region with strong temperature and salinity gradients. A comparison between satellite-derived salinity and observations indicates strong differences along coastal boundaries, areas of low temperature, and regions of strong currents. Although dif...
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ftunivsouthcar:oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-6348 2024-04-21T07:50:37+00:00 The Role of the Southern Ocean on Global Ocean Circulation and Climate Ferster, Brady Scott 2019-07-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/5376 https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/context/etd/article/6348/viewcontent/Ferster_sc_0202A_16300_1_.pdf English eng Scholar Commons https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/5376 https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/context/etd/article/6348/viewcontent/Ferster_sc_0202A_16300_1_.pdf © 2019, Brady Scott Ferster Theses and Dissertations southern ocean global ocean circulation climate sea level heat Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Other Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Physical Sciences and Mathematics text 2019 ftunivsouthcar 2024-03-27T15:36:31Z The Southern Ocean (SO) is a unique and highly dynamic region with strong temperature and salinity gradients. A comparison between satellite-derived salinity and observations indicates strong differences along coastal boundaries, areas of low temperature, and regions of strong currents. Although differences throughout much of the SO are shown to be negligible, resolution and smoothing in the products create large biases in horizontal gradients and errors in estimating the water cycle. The three-dimensional movement of water within the SO plays an important role in the global Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), where the Southern Hemisphere westerlies drive both zonal and meridional transports and strong vertical movements of local water masses. Using the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) estimates of ocean circulation, recent trends in the lower cell of the MOC (1992-2015) show increased overturning within the South Atlantic and decreased overturning within the Indian and Pacific basins, increasing the net SO heat transports and storage. The path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is mainly dictated by bathymetry, but recent variability indicates a northward shift in the central South Pacific ACC fronts. The movement and location of the ACC is highly correlated to salinity and temperature shifts up to 100 m depth and moderately correlated to depths of 1000 m. The location of the ACC is weakly-to-moderately correlated with the Antarctic and Southern Oscillations. These large-scale teleconnections are further driving surface cooling in the central South Pacific and warming in the subtropics and mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. Satellite-derived sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are highly correlated with both the Antarctic and Southern Oscillations during 1982-2016, particularly during the austral summer months when the oscillations tend to be the strongest. Changes in the westerlies are correlated with sea level and heat content anomalies and anti-correlated to SST in ... Text Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean University of South Carolina Libraries: Scholar Commons |
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The Southern Ocean (SO) is a unique and highly dynamic region with strong temperature and salinity gradients. A comparison between satellite-derived salinity and observations indicates strong differences along coastal boundaries, areas of low temperature, and regions of strong currents. Although differences throughout much of the SO are shown to be negligible, resolution and smoothing in the products create large biases in horizontal gradients and errors in estimating the water cycle. The three-dimensional movement of water within the SO plays an important role in the global Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC), where the Southern Hemisphere westerlies drive both zonal and meridional transports and strong vertical movements of local water masses. Using the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) estimates of ocean circulation, recent trends in the lower cell of the MOC (1992-2015) show increased overturning within the South Atlantic and decreased overturning within the Indian and Pacific basins, increasing the net SO heat transports and storage. The path of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is mainly dictated by bathymetry, but recent variability indicates a northward shift in the central South Pacific ACC fronts. The movement and location of the ACC is highly correlated to salinity and temperature shifts up to 100 m depth and moderately correlated to depths of 1000 m. The location of the ACC is weakly-to-moderately correlated with the Antarctic and Southern Oscillations. These large-scale teleconnections are further driving surface cooling in the central South Pacific and warming in the subtropics and mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere. Satellite-derived sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are highly correlated with both the Antarctic and Southern Oscillations during 1982-2016, particularly during the austral summer months when the oscillations tend to be the strongest. Changes in the westerlies are correlated with sea level and heat content anomalies and anti-correlated to SST in ... |
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