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南極海では,広範囲にわたる激しい乱流が混じり合っています
Alberto C Naveira Garabato1, Kurt L Polzin, Brian A King
1School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK. a.naveira-garabato@uea.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 13, 2004
まとめ
南大洋の乱れ混じり合いは激しいもので,荒れた地形で広く広がっています. このプロセスは海洋循環にとって極めて重要であり,地球規模の海洋モデルに含まれる必要があります.
科学分野:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 流体力学 流体力学とは
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
背景:
- 内部波速の変動は,海洋の混合の重要な指標である.
- 渦巻混合は,垂直の海洋輸送と熱分配において重要な役割を果たします.
- 南洋の複雑なバチメトリは,海洋学的な過程に影響を与えます.
研究 の 目的:
- 南洋の荒い地形における乱流混合の強度と空間的な範囲を定量化するために.
- この混合が海洋循環とトレーサー輸送に与える意味を評価する.
- これらの発見を数値的な海洋モデルに組み込む必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 内部波速の変動の分析. 波速の変動を分析する.
- 大規模なバチメトリックの特徴における混合率の観測.
- 混合の強度と範囲の地理空間マッピング.
主要な成果:
- 背景レベルの10~1000倍の高度な乱れ混合率は,荒れた地形に広く広がっています.
- この激しい混合は,500-1000メートル以上の深さで起こります.
- 影響を受けた地域は2000〜3000キロメートルに及ぶ.
結論:
- 南大洋の地形上の乱れ混合は,上向きの水路輸送の重要な要因である.
- このプロセスは,海洋の南極の転覆循環を閉じるのに不可欠です.
- この混合の正確な表現は,地球規模の海洋循環と生地化学的トレーサーシミュレーションに不可欠です.
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