降雨引发了温带海的季节性分层
J E Jardine1,2, M Palmer3, C Mahaffey4
1National Oceanography Centre, L3 5DA, Liverpool, UK. jenjar@noc.ac.uk.
Nature communications
|June 2, 2023
概括
北大西洋上的风暴可以通过降雨令人惊地促进架海层分化,而不仅仅是通过风来破坏它. 这一发现对于了解海洋生态系统至关重要,强调了降雨量.
科学领域:
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
- 海洋生态海洋生态学
- 气候科学 气候科学
背景情况:
- 北大西洋风暴轨道经常影响西北欧洲的货架海洋,带有热带以外的气旋.
- 风暴通常被视为对架海层分化的不利因素,原因是风驱动的混合与热浮力相反.
- 暴风雨对货架规模分层周期的确切影响尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查北大西洋风暴在架海层分化的作用.
- 为了确定风暴是否可以触发或增强分层.
- 探索气候振荡对风暴引起的分层的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用一个多十年的模型来模拟风暴对海的影响.
- 分析了降雨,风和分层开始之间的关系.
- 检查了大西洋多年期变量 (AMV) 对分层的调制.
主要成果:
- 风暴引起的降雨增强了表面浮力,引发了货架海洋分层.
- 在1982年至2015年间88%的年份,降雨是启动季节性分层的一个关键因素.
- 大西洋多年周期变化 (AMV) 显著影响分层开始的变化,在阳性AMV阶段变化更大.
结论:
- 与普遍观点相反,风暴可以通过降雨主要启动货架海洋分层.
- 像AMV这样的气候振荡在分层时间上带来了相当大的变化.
- 了解这些风暴动态对于预测在不断变化的气候条件下海洋生产力和生态系统功能至关重要.
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