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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL085600 |
Heat Content Anomaly and Decay of Warm-Core Rings: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico | |
Meunier T.; Sheinbaum J.; Pallàs-Sanz E.; Tenreiro M.; Ochoa J.; Ruiz-Angulo A.; Carton X.; de Marez C. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
卷号 | 47期号:3 |
英文摘要 | In this study, we harness the 25-year satellite-altimeter record, in concert with a vast array of in situ measurements, to estimate the heat content anomaly of 32 warm-core rings in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The decay rate of these mesoscale eddies is studied in detail, and it is shown that they release the majority of their heat as they drift in the central GoM (away from topographic obstacles). The surface heat fluxes from the eddies are shown to be small in comparison to the total rate of heat loss from the eddies, suggesting that heat is primarily released toward the surrounding water masses. Integrating the total heat evolution equation over the warm-core rings yields an estimate of their effective lateral diffusivity coefficient. The long-term impact of warm-core rings on heat and salt balance in the GoM is also discussed. ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
英文关键词 | Decay (organic); Enthalpy; Heat flux; Air sea interactions; Gulf of Mexico; Heat transport; Lateral diffusivity; Mesoscale eddy; Warm core rings; Oceanography; air-sea interaction; altimeter; heat transfer; heating; in situ measurement; mesoscale eddy; water mass; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Geophysical Research Letters
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/170800 |
作者单位 | Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education, Ensenada, Mexico; Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland; Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Plouzané, France |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Meunier T.,Sheinbaum J.,Pallàs-Sanz E.,et al. Heat Content Anomaly and Decay of Warm-Core Rings: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico[J],2020,47(3). |
APA | Meunier T..,Sheinbaum J..,Pallàs-Sanz E..,Tenreiro M..,Ochoa J..,...&de Marez C..(2020).Heat Content Anomaly and Decay of Warm-Core Rings: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico.Geophysical Research Letters,47(3). |
MLA | Meunier T.,et al."Heat Content Anomaly and Decay of Warm-Core Rings: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico".Geophysical Research Letters 47.3(2020). |
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