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The East Greenland Spill Jet as an important component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (2014)

von Appen, Wilken-Jon ; Koszalka, Inga M. ; Pickart, Robert S. ; [weitere]

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Publikationsdatum: 2022-05-25

Beschreibung: Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2014. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 92 (2014): 75-84, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.06.002.

Beschreibung: The recently discovered East Greenland Spill Jet is a bottom-intensified current on the upper continental slope south of Denmark Strait, transporting intermediate density water equatorward. Until now the Spill Jet has only been observed with limited summertime measurements from ships. Here we present the first year-round mooring observations demonstrating that the current is a ubiquitous feature with a volume transport similar to the well-known plume of Denmark Strait overflow water farther downslope. Using reverse particle tracking in a high-resolution numerical model, we investigate the upstream sources feeding the Spill Jet. Three main pathways are identified: particles flowing directly into the Spill Jet from the Denmark Strait sill; particles progressing southward on the East Greenland shelf that subsequently spill over the shelfbreak into the current; and ambient water from the Irminger Sea that gets entrained into the flow. The two Spill Jet pathways emanating from Denmark Strait are newly resolved, and long-term hydrographic data from the strait verifies that dense water is present far onto the Greenland shelf. Additional measurements near the southern tip of Greenland suggest that the Spill Jet ultimately merges with the deep portion of the shelfbreak current, originally thought to be a lateral circulation associated with the sub-polar gyre. Our study thus reveals a previously unrecognized significant component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation that needs to be considered to understand fully the ocean’s role in climate.

Beschreibung: Support for this study was provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation (OCE-0726640, OCI-1088849, OCI-0904338), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (0F0651 D), and the Italian Ministry of University and Research through the RITMARE Flagship Project.

Schlagwort(e): East Greenland Spill Jet ; Denmark Strait Overflow Water ; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation ; Shelf basin interaction

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Deepwater overflow through Luzon Strait (2006)

Qu, Tangdong ; Girton, James B. ; Whitehead, John A.

American Geophysical Union

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Publikationsdatum: 2022-05-25

Beschreibung: Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2006. 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 111 (2006): C01002, doi:10.1029/2005JC003139.

Beschreibung: This study examines water property distributions in the deep South China Sea and adjoining Pacific Ocean using all available hydrographic data. Our analysis reveals that below about 1500 m there is a persistent baroclinic pressure gradient driving flow from the Pacific into the South China Sea through Luzon Strait. Applying hydraulic theory with assumptions of zero potential vorticity and flat bottom to the Luzon Strait yields a transport estimate of 2.5 Sv (1 Sv=106 m3 s-1). Some implications of this result include: (i) a residence time of less than 30 years in the deep South China Sea, (ii) a mean diapycnal diffusivity as large as 10-3 m2 s-1, and (iii) an abyssal upwelling rate of about 3×10-6 m s-1. These quantities are consistent with residence times based on oxygen consumption rates. The fact that all of the inflowing water must warm up before leaving the basin implies that this marginal sea contributes to the water mass transformations that drive the meridional overturning circulation in the North Pacific. Density distributions within the South China Sea basin suggest a cyclonic deep boundary current system, as might be expected for an overflow-driven abyssal circulation.

Beschreibung: This study was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) through Grant OCE00-95906 and by Japan Marine Science and Technology Center through its sponsorship of the International Pacific Research center (IPRRC). Support is also from NSF grant OCE-0325102.

Schlagwort(e): Deepwater overflow ; South China Sea ; Pacific Ocean ; Luzon Strait

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On the hydrography of Denmark Strait (2017)

Mastropole, Dana M. ; Pickart, Robert S. ; Valdimarsson, Héðinn ; [weitere]

John Wiley & Sons

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Beschreibung: Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2017. 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 122 (2017): 306–321, doi:10.1002/2016JC012007.

Beschreibung: Using 111 shipboard hydrographic sections across Denmark Strait occupied between 1990 and 2012, we characterize the mean conditions at the sill, quantify the water mass constituents, and describe the dominant features of the Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW). The mean vertical sections of temperature, salinity, and density reveal the presence of circulation components found upstream of the sill, in particular the shelfbreak East Greenland Current (EGC) and the separated EGC. These correspond to hydrographic fronts consistent with surface-intensified southward flow. Deeper in the water column the isopycnals slope oppositely, indicative of bottom-intensified flow of DSOW. An end-member analysis indicates that the deepest part of Denmark Strait is dominated by Arctic-Origin Water with only small amounts of Atlantic-Origin Water. On the western side of the strait, the overflow water is a mixture of both constituents, with a contribution from Polar Surface Water. Weakly stratified “boluses” of dense water are present in 41% of the occupations, revealing that this is a common configuration of DSOW. The bolus water is primarily Arctic-Origin Water and constitutes the densest portion of the overflow. The boluses have become warmer and saltier over the 22 year record, which can be explained by changes in end-member properties and their relative contributions to bolus composition.

Beschreibung: US National Science Foundation (RP and DM) Grant Number: OCE-0959381; ;Norwegian Research Council Grant Number: 231647 (KV)

Beschreibung: 2017-07-20

Schlagwort(e): Bolus ; Denmark Strait Overflow Water ; North Icelandic Jet ; Hydrography ; East Greenland Current ; North Icelandic Irminger Current

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