Atlantic deep circulation controlled by heating in the Southern Ocean

Details Atlantic deep circulation controlled by heating in the Southern Ocean Atlantic deep circulation controlled by heating in the Southern Ocean

Jul 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.1873h&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 13, p. 1873-1876

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Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling, Oceanography: General: Upwelling And Convergences, Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions, Oceanography: Physical: General Circulation

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Thermohaline circulation has been considered to be driven by localized buoyancy loss through the sea surface at high latitudes and broadly distributed buoyancy gain elsewhere. Our numerical modeling study, however, shows that buoyancy gain for the Atlantic deep circulation is localized in the Southern Ocean. Wind-induced upwelling there causes efficient heat transfer to the deep ocean, and controls intensity of the Atlantic deep circulation as thermohaline circulation.

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