Formation and variation of temperature inversions in the eastern subarctic North Pacific

Details Formation and variation of temperature inversions in the eastern subarctic North Pacific Formation and variation of temperature inversions in the eastern subarctic North Pacific

Mar 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3405603u&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 5, CiteID L05603

Physics

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Oceanography: General: Climate And Interannual Variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 3309, 4513), Oceanography: General: Water Masses, Oceanography: General: Physical And Chemical Properties Of Seawater, Oceanography: General: Ocean Observing Systems, Oceanography: Physical: Air/Sea Interactions (0312, 3339)

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Hydrographic data from profiling float observations for 2001-2005 and from expendable bathythermograph observations for 1993-2005 were analyzed to study the formation and variation of temperature inversions (T-inversions) in the eastern subarctic North Pacific (SNP). The formation and variation of T-inversions differed significantly between the northern and southern regions of the eastern SNP. In the northern region, the temperature minimum (T-min) at the top of T-inversions outcropped to the sea surface and was cooled in the mixed layer nearly every winter. This process caused a seasonal cycle in the magnitude of T-inversions (ΔT), with a maximum in winter. In the southern region, the winter T-min outcropped relatively infrequently and the ΔT did not exhibit a significant maximum in winter during most years. The T-min in the southern region was likely to outcrop upstream near the date line roughly one year earlier and was then advected to the southern region.

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