Argo floats revealing bimodality of large-scale mid-depth circulation in the North Atlantic

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摘要 AnalysisofArgofloattrajectoriesat1000mandtemperatureat950mintheNorthAtlanticbetweenNovember2003andJanuary2005demonstratestheexistenceoftwodifferentcirculationmodeswithfasttransitionbetweenthem.Eachmodehasapairofcyclonic-anticyclonicgyres.Thedifferenceisthelocationofthecyclonicgyre.Thecyclonicgyrestretchesfromsoutheasttonorthwestinthefirstmodeandfromthesouthwesttothenortheastinthesecondmode.TheobservedmodesstronglyaffecttheheatandsalttransportintheNorthAtlantic.Inparticular,thesecondmodeslowsdownthewestwardtransportofthewarmandsalinewaterfromtheMediterraneanSea.
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出处 《海洋学报:英文版》 2008年2期
出版日期 2008年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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