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Volumen y transporte de calor de la corriente de Florida: abril de 1982 a agosto de 1983
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 18, 1985
Resumen
La Corriente de la Florida transporta 30,5 millones de metros cúbicos por segundo, con variaciones estacionales. Este estudio cuantifica el flujo de calor meridional a 27 grados N, crucial para los estudios climáticos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oceanografía La oceanografía es la oceanografía.
- Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima
- La dinámica de fluidos es la dinámica de fluidos.
Sus antecedentes:
- Comprender las corrientes oceánicas es vital para la distribución global del calor.
- La Corriente de la Florida es un componente importante de la Circulación Meridional de Inversión del Atlántico.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para estimar el transporte de volumen de la Corriente de la Florida.
- Para calcular el flujo de calor meridional a 27 grados N.
- Para analizar la variabilidad estacional en el transporte y el flujo de calor.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizaron perfiles de velocidad absoluta y temperatura.
- Datos combinados con mediciones históricas de la cuenca media.
- Transporte de volumen calculado y flujo de calor meridional.
Principales resultados:
- El volumen promedio anual de transporte de la Corriente de la Florida: 30.5 x 10^6 m3/s (abril de 1982 a agosto de 1983).
- Flujo de calor neto hacia el norte a 27°N: 1.2 x 10^15 W.
- Ciclos estacionales observados con pico de transporte a finales de la primavera/principios del verano y mínimo a finales del otoño/principios del invierno.
Conclusiones:
- La Corriente de Florida exhibe una significativa variabilidad estacional en el transporte de volúmenes.
- El flujo de calor calculado proporciona datos críticos para los modelos climáticos.
- Esta investigación refina las estimaciones del transporte de calor en el Océano Atlántico.
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