scholarly journals Dominant Terms in the Freshwater and Heat Budgets of the Subpolar North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas From 1992 to 2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan‐Erik Tesdal ◽  
Thomas W. N. Haine
Nature ◽  
10.1038/22510 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 400 (6742) ◽  
pp. 348-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Dowdeswell ◽  
A. Elverhøi ◽  
J. T. Andrews ◽  
D. Hebbeln

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
J. S. Kenigson ◽  
M.-L. Timmermans

AbstractThe hydrography of the Nordic seas, a critical site for deep convective mixing, is controlled by various processes. On one hand, Arctic Ocean exports are thought to freshen the North Atlantic Ocean and the Nordic seas, as in the Great Salinity Anomalies (GSAs) of the 1970s–1990s. On the other hand, the salinity of the Nordic seas covaries with that of the Atlantic inflow across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge, leaving an uncertain role for Arctic Ocean exports. In this study, multidecadal time series (1950–2018) of the Nordic seas hydrography, Subarctic Front (SAF) in the North Atlantic Ocean [separating the water masses of the relatively cool, fresh Subpolar Gyre (SPG) from the warm, saline Subtropical Gyre (STG)], and atmospheric forcing are examined and suggest a unified view. The Nordic seas freshwater content is shown to covary on decadal time scales with the position of the SAF. When the SPG is strong, the SAF shifts eastward of its mean position, increasing the contribution of subpolar relative to subtropical source water to the Atlantic inflow, and vice versa. This suggests that Arctic Ocean fluxes primarily influence the hydrography of the Nordic seas via indirect means (i.e., by freshening the SPG). Case studies of two years with anomalous NAO conditions illustrate how North Atlantic Ocean dynamics relate to the position of the SAF (as indicated by hydrographic properties and stratification changes in the upper water column), and therefore to the properties of the Atlantic inflow and Nordic seas.


2018 ◽  
Vol 621 ◽  
pp. 376-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Vivo-Vilches ◽  
José María López-Gutiérrez ◽  
Raúl Periáñez ◽  
Charlotte Marcinko ◽  
Frédéric Le Moigne ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. 1141-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhang ◽  
Yuanling Zhang ◽  
Qi Shu ◽  
Chang Zhao ◽  
Gang Wang ◽  
...  

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