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| Thierry, Virginie; De Boisseson, Eric; Mercier, Herle. |
| Combining hydrographic data from the OVIDE (Observatoire de la Variabilité Interannuelle à Decennale/Observatory of the Interannual to Decadal Variability) section (Greenland-Portugal) with Argo and historical CTD data over the period 19902006, we estimate the variability of the core properties of a variety of Subpolar Mode Water (SPMW) observed on the eastern flank of the Reykjanes Ridge. This SPMW acquires its core properties in the winter mixed layer along the eastern side of the Reykjanes Ridge. We find that the February sea surface temperature along the ridge is a proxy for its core temperature. The sources of this mode water are water masses advected by the mean cyclonic circulation in the Iceland Basin. A density compensated tendency for cooling... |
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Palavras-chave: North Atlantic Oscillation; Subpolar mode water; North Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3487.pdf |
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| De Boisseson, Eric; Thierry, Virginie; Mercier, Herle; Caniaux, G.. |
| The mixed layer processes that govern the mode water properties in the Iceland Basin are quantified through a mixed layer heat budget from Argo data collected over 2001-2007. This budget includes the mixed layer heat content variation, the surface heat fluxes, and the Ekman contribution to advection. The geostrophic advection cannot be directly estimated from Argo data but, following previous works, an ad hoc procedure is implemented to take it into account. The resulting annual budget is closed within the error bar but this closure hides some compensation between the summer and the winter residuals (-16 +/- 9 W m(-2) and 21 +/- 26 W m(-2), respectively). A similar heat budget built by using colocated Argo floats in the 1/4 degrees DRAKKAR ORCA025-G70fo... |
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| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00017/12807/9761.pdf |
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