Spin-up of South Pacific subtropical gyre freshens and cools the upper layer of the eastern South Pacific Ocean

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3424606s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 24, CiteID L24606

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Oceanography: Physical: Decadal Ocean Variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 4215), Oceanography: General: Physical And Chemical Properties Of Seawater, Oceanography: General: Ocean Observing Systems

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Temperature and salinity from the upper 200 m of the water column in the South Pacific Ocean were compared basin-wide along 32°30'S between 1992 and 2003, based on two vertically and horizontally high-resolution hydrographic repeat-sections involving 227 station pairs. Additionally, the seasonal cycles of the upper water column temperature and salinity between 90-140°W and 30.5-34.5°S were established utilizing 1540 ARGO profiles from 2003 to 2007; these were related to the hydrographic sections. Furthermore, South Pacific sea surface temperature trends from 1992 to 2003 were addressed. The surface waters (0-200 m) of the eastern South Pacific Ocean, on average and seasonally adjusted, were clearly fresher by 0.1 in 2003. The seasonally adjusted, depth-integrated temperature was 0.25°C colder in the same region. We relate the observed temperature and salinity changes to a spin-up of the subtropical gyre circulation caused by intensified wind stress.

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