在南极环极电流中翻转循环的短路
Alberto C Naveira Garabato1, David P Stevens, Andrew J Watson
1School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK. acng@noc.soton.ac.uk
Nature
|May 15, 2007
概括
南大洋的上升和混合速度比以前建模的要快. 一个天然追踪器实验揭示了快速的深水回归路径,表明全球海洋循环的短路.
科学领域:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 海洋翻转循环对于全球气候调节和营养循环至关重要.
- 南极环极电流 (ACC) 的混合通过控制深水返回表面,极大地影响了这种循环.
- 目前对南大洋混合和上升速度的估计很少受到观测数据的限制.
研究的目的:
- 量化南极环极流中介层的混合和上升速度.
- 为了利用水热喷口释放的天然痕迹剂作为一个独特的实验工具.
主要方法:
- 一个使用地幔从德雷克通道附近的热水喷口注入的自然痕迹实验.
- 在ACC的中间层中追踪散在一个重要的环极部门.
- 测量标记器分散率以推断混合和上游.
主要成果:
- 沿密度表面观察到的上升速度很快.
- 通过密度表面检测到强烈的混合率.
- 上升和混合的速度大约是典型的南大洋翻转循环模型中使用的数量级的数量级.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,在ACC的粗海底地形上,深水路径变得更加加强和复杂.
- 这些过程可能会在这些区域内的全球翻转循环中产生"短路".
- 这凸显了局部混合和上游在调节海洋循环和热/碳运输方面的重要作用.
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