On the Contribution of the Eddy Transport to the Annual Mean Heat Budget of the Upper Layer in the North Atlantic
- 作者: Polonsky A.1, Sukhonos P.1
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- Institute of Natural and Technical Systems
- 期: 卷 54, 编号 5 (2018)
- 页面: 507-514
- 栏目: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0001-4338/article/view/148582
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433818050092
- ID: 148582
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According to Ocean Re-Analysis System 3 (ORA-S3) data, all components of the annual mean heat budget of the upper quasi-homogeneous ocean layer (UQL) in the North Atlantic for the period of 1959–2011 have been calculated and errors of these estimates have been determined. It has been shown that the contribution of the horizontal eddy diffusivity (estimated as a residual term of the UQL heat balance equation) to changes in the UQL annual mean temperature is significantly overestimated. This takes place mainly due to neglecting the covariances of seasonal fluctuations of current velocity vector components and UQL temperature gradients in calculations carried out with the use of annual average values. These covariances play an important role in the annual mean heat budget in some regions of the North Atlantic, especially in tropical latitudes. Changes in the annual average UQL temperature in the central and eastern parts of the North Atlantic are significantly affected by errors related to an inaccuracy of estimates of annual average heat fluxes on the ocean surface. The maximum contribution of the horizontal eddy diffusivity to the interannual variability of the UQL temperature is observed in the northwestern part of the North Atlantic and the region of the Subpolar Gyre.
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A. Polonsky
Institute of Natural and Technical Systems
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P. Sukhonos
Institute of Natural and Technical Systems
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