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    Interannual Variations in Upper-Ocean Heat Content and Heat Transport Convergence in the Western North Atlantic

    Source: Journal of Physical Oceanography:;2007:;Volume( 037 ):;issue: 011::page 2682
    Author:
    Dong, Shenfu
    ,
    Hautala, Susan L.
    ,
    Kelly, Kathryn A.
    DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3645.1
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Abstract: Subsurface temperature data in the western North Atlantic Ocean are analyzed to study the variations in the heat content above a fixed isotherm and contributions from surface heat fluxes and oceanic processes. The study region is chosen based on the data density; its northern boundary shifts with the Gulf Stream position and its southern boundary shifts to contain constant volume. The temperature profiles are objectively mapped to a uniform grid (0.5° latitude and longitude, 10 m in depth, and 3 months in time). The interannual variations in upper-ocean heat content show good agreement with the changes in the sea surface height from the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon altimeter; both indicate positive anomalies in 1994 and 1998?99 and negative anomalies in 1996?97. The interannual variations in surface heat fluxes cannot explain the changes in upper-ocean heat storage rate. On the contrary, a positive anomaly in heat released to the atmosphere corresponds to a positive upper-ocean heat content anomaly. The oceanic heat transport, mainly owing to the geostrophic advection, controls the interannual variations in heat storage rate, which suggests that geostrophic advection plays an important role in the air?sea heat exchange. The 18°C isotherm depth and layer thickness also show good correspondence to the upper-ocean heat content; a deep and thin 18°C layer corresponds to a positive heat content anomaly. The oceanic transport in each isotherm layer shows an annual cycle, converging heat in winter, and diverging in summer in a warm layer; it also shows interannual variations with the largest heat convergence occurring in even warmer layers during the period of large ocean-to-atmosphere flux.
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    contributor authorDong, Shenfu
    contributor authorHautala, Susan L.
    contributor authorKelly, Kathryn A.
    date accessioned2017-06-09T16:20:10Z
    date available2017-06-09T16:20:10Z
    date copyright2007/11/01
    date issued2007
    identifier issn0022-3670
    identifier otherams-65979.pdf
    identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4207263
    description abstractSubsurface temperature data in the western North Atlantic Ocean are analyzed to study the variations in the heat content above a fixed isotherm and contributions from surface heat fluxes and oceanic processes. The study region is chosen based on the data density; its northern boundary shifts with the Gulf Stream position and its southern boundary shifts to contain constant volume. The temperature profiles are objectively mapped to a uniform grid (0.5° latitude and longitude, 10 m in depth, and 3 months in time). The interannual variations in upper-ocean heat content show good agreement with the changes in the sea surface height from the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)/Poseidon altimeter; both indicate positive anomalies in 1994 and 1998?99 and negative anomalies in 1996?97. The interannual variations in surface heat fluxes cannot explain the changes in upper-ocean heat storage rate. On the contrary, a positive anomaly in heat released to the atmosphere corresponds to a positive upper-ocean heat content anomaly. The oceanic heat transport, mainly owing to the geostrophic advection, controls the interannual variations in heat storage rate, which suggests that geostrophic advection plays an important role in the air?sea heat exchange. The 18°C isotherm depth and layer thickness also show good correspondence to the upper-ocean heat content; a deep and thin 18°C layer corresponds to a positive heat content anomaly. The oceanic transport in each isotherm layer shows an annual cycle, converging heat in winter, and diverging in summer in a warm layer; it also shows interannual variations with the largest heat convergence occurring in even warmer layers during the period of large ocean-to-atmosphere flux.
    publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
    titleInterannual Variations in Upper-Ocean Heat Content and Heat Transport Convergence in the Western North Atlantic
    typeJournal Paper
    journal volume37
    journal issue11
    journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
    identifier doi10.1175/2007JPO3645.1
    journal fristpage2682
    journal lastpage2697
    treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;2007:;Volume( 037 ):;issue: 011
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