Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/26401 2023-05-15T17:45:44+02:00 Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool Chen, Zhuomin Curchitser, Enrique N. 2020-08-03 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26401 unknown American Geophysical Union https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016445 Chen, Z., & Curchitser, E. N. (2020). Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(8), e2020JC016445. https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26401 doi:10.1029/2020JC016445 Chen, Z., & Curchitser, E. N. (2020). Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(8), e2020JC016445. doi:10.1029/2020JC016445 Mid‐Atlantic Bight Cold Pool continental shelf temperature balance interannual variability near‐bottom temperature Article 2020 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016445 2022-05-28T23:03:52Z Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125(8), (2020): e2020JC016445, doi:10.1029/2020JC016445. The Mid‐Atlantic Bight (MAB) Cold Pool is a bottom‐trapped, cold (temperature below 10°C) and fresh (practical salinity below 34) water mass that is isolated from the surface by the seasonal thermocline and is located over the midshelf and outer shelf of the MAB. The interannual variability of the Cold Pool with regard to its persistence time, volume, temperature, and seasonal along‐shelf propagation is investigated based on a long‐term (1958–2007) high‐resolution regional model of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. A Cold Pool Index is defined and computed in order to quantify the strength of the Cold Pool on the interannual timescale. Anomalous strong, weak, and normal years are categorized and compared based on the Cold Pool Index. A detailed quantitative study of the volume‐averaged heat budget of the Cold Pool region (CPR) has been examined on the interannual timescale. Results suggest that the initial temperature and abnormal warming/cooling due to advection are the primary drivers in the interannual variability of the near‐bottom CPR temperature anomaly during stratified seasons. The long persistence of temperature anomalies from winter to summer in the CPR also suggests a potential for seasonal predictability. This work was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through Awards NOAA‐NA‐15OAR4310133 and NOAA‐NA‐13OAR4830233 and the National Science Foundation Awards OCE‐1049088, OCE‐1419584, and OCE‐0961545. 2021-02-03 Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125 8 |
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Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125(8), (2020): e2020JC016445, doi:10.1029/2020JC016445. The Mid‐Atlantic Bight (MAB) Cold Pool is a bottom‐trapped, cold (temperature below 10°C) and fresh (practical salinity below 34) water mass that is isolated from the surface by the seasonal thermocline and is located over the midshelf and outer shelf of the MAB. The interannual variability of the Cold Pool with regard to its persistence time, volume, temperature, and seasonal along‐shelf propagation is investigated based on a long‐term (1958–2007) high‐resolution regional model of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. A Cold Pool Index is defined and computed in order to quantify the strength of the Cold Pool on the interannual timescale. Anomalous strong, weak, and normal years are categorized and compared based on the Cold Pool Index. A detailed quantitative study of the volume‐averaged heat budget of the Cold Pool region (CPR) has been examined on the interannual timescale. Results suggest that the initial temperature and abnormal warming/cooling due to advection are the primary drivers in the interannual variability of the near‐bottom CPR temperature anomaly during stratified seasons. The long persistence of temperature anomalies from winter to summer in the CPR also suggests a potential for seasonal predictability. This work was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through Awards NOAA‐NA‐15OAR4310133 and NOAA‐NA‐13OAR4830233 and the National Science Foundation Awards OCE‐1049088, OCE‐1419584, and OCE‐0961545. 2021-02-03 |
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Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool |
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Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool |
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Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool |
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Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool |
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Interannual variability of the Mid-Atlantic bight cold pool |
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