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Linking Coherent An...
Linking Coherent Anticyclonic Eddies in the Iceland Basin to Decadal Oceanic Variability in the Subpolar North Atlantic
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- Arunraj, Kondetharayil Soman (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU)
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- Chafik, Léon, 1985- (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU),National Oceanography Centre, UK
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- Nilsson, Johan, 1965- (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU)
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- 2022
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. - 2169-9275 .- 2169-9291. ; 127:5
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Abstract
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- The Iceland Basin in the eastern Subpolar North Atlantic is an eddy-rich region characterized by intense anticyclonic eddy activity. Our study present the variability of coherent Anticyclonic Eddies (AEs) generated in this region, using satellite altimetry and two ocean eddy tracking algorithms. The yearly count of AEs in the Iceland Basin reveals a decadal variability similar to that of ocean heat content change in the eastern subpolar gyre. Periods with higher number of AEs coincide with periods of increased ocean heat content, and vice versa. However, both algorithms agree that more than 50% of the detected AEs are confined to the central Iceland Basin. The annual number of AEs also tracks zonal shifts of the subpolar front, a variable that can explain about 53 (77)% of the interannual (decadal) variability of AEs in the Iceland Basin. Finally, a Lagrangian approach is used to demonstrate that the amount of subtropical versus subpolar water masses reaching the Iceland Basin appears to influence, via baroclinic instability, the generation of AEs.
Ämnesord
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- mesoscale eddies
- eddy detection algorithm
- Iceland basin
- sub polar front
- ocean heat content
- EA pattern
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