摘要
AnalysisofArgofloattrajectoriesat1000mandtemperatureat950mintheNorthAtlanticbetweenNovember2003andJanuary2005demonstratestheexistenceoftwodifferentcirculationmodeswithfasttransitionbetweenthem.Eachmodehasapairofcyclonic-anticyclonicgyres.Thedifferenceisthelocationofthecyclonicgyre.Thecyclonicgyrestretchesfromsoutheasttonorthwestinthefirstmodeandfromthesouthwesttothenortheastinthesecondmode.TheobservedmodesstronglyaffecttheheatandsalttransportintheNorthAtlantic.Inparticular,thesecondmodeslowsdownthewestwardtransportofthewarmandsalinewaterfromtheMediterraneanSea.
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)