通过直接速度测量在内陆拉布拉多海和伊明格海观察到的中深循环
1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0230, USA. klavender@ucsd.edu
Nature
|September 19, 2000
概括
地下浮动揭示了拉布拉多海中意想不到的海流,挑战了以前关于拉布拉多海水形成和传播的模型. 这些发现凸显了北大西洋热环流的复杂动态.
科学领域:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 物理海洋学 物理海洋学
- 气候科学 气候科学
背景情况:
- 拉布拉多海是深海对流和热盐环流的关键地点.
- 拉布拉多海水的特点是冷和新鲜的特性,可以在北大西洋的中间深度追踪.
- 从历史上来看,由于数据稀缺,直接观察驱动这种分布的海流一直是具有挑战性的.
研究的目的:
- 在拉布拉多和伊明格海域使用地下浮标直接测量盆地范围的水平速度.
- 为了研究拉布拉多海水传播的途径和动态.
- 重新评估当前对该地区热环流的理解.
主要方法:
- 部署了200多个地下浮标.
- 直接测量各种深度的海洋流速.
- 分析漂浮轨迹以绘制水质运动的地图.
主要成果:
- 在拉布拉多海和伊明格海的中深边界流中观察到意想不到的循环.
- 在拉布拉多盆地内部确定了一个反旋风流.
- 发现大约40%的深层对流水在一年内离开盆地,迅速运送到伊明格盆地和亚极旋转.
- 他指出,旋,而不是一个清晰的深度西部边界电流,主导在弗莱米什角附近的流动,运输水离岸.
结论:
- 该研究建议对拉布拉多海水形成和传播的既定模型进行修订.
- 观察到的海洋循环模式与以前的预期有很大不同.
- 需要使用类似仪器进行进一步的研究,以充分了解中等深度海洋循环.
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