Lagrangian perspective on the origins of Denmark Strait Overflow
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ftwhoas:oai:darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org:1912/26690 2023-05-15T16:00:38+02:00 Lagrangian perspective on the origins of Denmark Strait Overflow Saberi, Atousa Haine, Thomas W. N. Gelderloos, Renske de Jong, Marieke Femke Furey, Heather H. Bower, Amy S. 2020-08-01 https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26690 unknown American Meteorological Society https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1 Saberi, A., Haine, T. W. N., Gelderloos, R., de Jong, M. F., Furey, H., & Bower, A. (2020). Lagrangian perspective on the origins of Denmark Strait Overflow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(8), 2393-2414. https://hdl.handle.net/1912/26690 doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1 Saberi, A., Haine, T. W. N., Gelderloos, R., de Jong, M. F., Furey, H., & Bower, A. (2020). Lagrangian perspective on the origins of Denmark Strait Overflow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(8), 2393-2414. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1 Abyssal circulation Bottom currents Lagrangian circulation/transport Meridional overturning circulation Article 2020 ftwhoas https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1 2022-05-28T23:03:59Z Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Physical Oceanography 50(8), (2020): 2393-2414, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1. The Denmark Strait Overflow (DSO) is an important contributor to the lower limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Determining DSO formation and its pathways is not only important for local oceanography but also critical to estimating the state and variability of the AMOC. Despite prior attempts to understand the DSO sources, its upstream pathways and circulation remain uncertain due to short-term (3–5 days) variability. This makes it challenging to study the DSO from observations. Given this complexity, this study maps the upstream pathways and along-pathway changes in its water properties, using Lagrangian backtracking of the DSO sources in a realistic numerical ocean simulation. The Lagrangian pathways confirm that several branches contribute to the DSO from the north such as the East Greenland Current (EGC), the separated EGC (sEGC), and the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ). Moreover, the model results reveal additional pathways from south of Iceland, which supplied over 16% of the DSO annually and over 25% of the DSO during winter of 2008, when the NAO index was positive. The southern contribution is about 34% by the end of March. The southern pathways mark a more direct route from the near-surface subpolar North Atlantic to the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), and needs to be explored further, with in situ observations. This work was financially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers OAC-1835640, OCE-1633124, OCE-1433448, and OCE-1259210. Article in Journal/Newspaper Denmark Strait East Greenland east greenland current Greenland Iceland NADW North Atlantic Deep Water North Atlantic Woods Hole Scientific Community: WHOAS (Woods Hole Open Access Server) Greenland Journal of Physical Oceanography 50 8 2393 2414 |
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Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Physical Oceanography 50(8), (2020): 2393-2414, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0210.1. The Denmark Strait Overflow (DSO) is an important contributor to the lower limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Determining DSO formation and its pathways is not only important for local oceanography but also critical to estimating the state and variability of the AMOC. Despite prior attempts to understand the DSO sources, its upstream pathways and circulation remain uncertain due to short-term (3–5 days) variability. This makes it challenging to study the DSO from observations. Given this complexity, this study maps the upstream pathways and along-pathway changes in its water properties, using Lagrangian backtracking of the DSO sources in a realistic numerical ocean simulation. The Lagrangian pathways confirm that several branches contribute to the DSO from the north such as the East Greenland Current (EGC), the separated EGC (sEGC), and the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ). Moreover, the model results reveal additional pathways from south of Iceland, which supplied over 16% of the DSO annually and over 25% of the DSO during winter of 2008, when the NAO index was positive. The southern contribution is about 34% by the end of March. The southern pathways mark a more direct route from the near-surface subpolar North Atlantic to the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), and needs to be explored further, with in situ observations. This work was financially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers OAC-1835640, OCE-1633124, OCE-1433448, and OCE-1259210. |
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