Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3223603s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 23, CiteID L23603
Physics
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Oceanography: Physical, Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Western Boundary Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Instruments And Techniques, Oceanography: General: Ocean Observing Systems
Scientific paper
As part of a newly funded international program to monitor ocean heat transport at mid-latitudes in the North Atlantic, a continuous estimate of the temperature transport of the Florida Current is required. Since 1982, volume transports have been inferred from voltage measurements monitored by submarine telephone cables across the Straits of Florida. Electromagnetic induction theory suggests that the cable voltage should actually give a more direct measure of conductivity transport than pure volume transport. Due to the strong dependence of conductivity on temperature, this would in theory result in a direct and continuous estimate of the Florida Current temperature transport. This hypothesis is investigated using data from a large number of temperature and velocity sections (58) across the Florida Current at the cable location, leading to a new calibration of the voltage signal for the temperature transport of the Florida Current, crucial for trans-basin heat flux estimates.
Johns Will E.
O'Neil Baringer Molly
Shoosmith Deborah R.
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