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DOI	10.1038/s41467-021-27641-6
	Sea-ice retreat suggests re-organization of water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas
	Moore G.W.K.; Våge K.; Renfrew I.A.; Pickart R.S.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	2041-1723
卷号	13 期号:1
英文摘要	Water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas, triggered by air-sea heat fluxes, is an integral component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). These regions are undergoing rapid warming, associated with a retreat in ice cover. Here we present an analysis covering 1950−2020 of the spatiotemporal variability of the air-sea heat fluxes along the region’s boundary currents, where water mass transformation impacts are large. We find there is an increase in the air-sea heat fluxes along these currents that is a function of the currents’ orientation relative to the axis of sea-ice change suggesting enhanced water mass transformation is occurring. Previous work has shown a reduction in heat fluxes in the interior of the Nordic Seas. As a result, a reorganization seems to be underway in where water mass transformation occurs, that needs to be considered when ascertaining how the AMOC will respond to a warming climate. © 2022, The Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	air-sea interaction; heat flux; ice retreat; meridional circulation; sea ice; water mass; Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea
来源期刊	Nature Communications
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/250541
作者单位	Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada; Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moore G.W.K.,Våge K.,Renfrew I.A.,et al. Sea-ice retreat suggests re-organization of water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas[J],2022,13(1).
APA	Moore G.W.K.,Våge K.,Renfrew I.A.,&Pickart R.S..(2022).Sea-ice retreat suggests re-organization of water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas.Nature Communications,13(1).
MLA	Moore G.W.K.,et al."Sea-ice retreat suggests re-organization of water mass transformation in the Nordic and Barents Seas".Nature Communications 13.1(2022).