DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013698
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85044712777
论文题名: Ventilation of the Subtropical North Atlantic: Locations and Times of Last Ventilation Estimated Using Tracer Constraints From GEOTRACES Section GA03
作者: Holzer M. ; Smethie W.M. ; Jr. ; Ting Y.-H.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
ISSN: 21699275
出版年: 2018
卷: 123, 期: 4 起始页码: 2332
结束页码: 2352
语种: 英语
英文关键词: boundary propagator
; deconvolution
; time scales
; tracers
; ventilation
; water masses
Scopus关键词: boundary current
; deconvolution
; deep water ventilation
; isopycnal layer
; maximum entropy analysis
; mixing ratio
; Northern Hemisphere
; thermocline
; tracer
; water mass
; western boundary current
; Atlantic Ocean
; Atlantic Ocean (North)
; Mediterranean Sea
; Southern Ocean
英文摘要: The ventilation of the subtropical North Atlantic along GEOTRACES section GA03 is quantified in terms of where and how long ago water was last in the mixed layer. Measurements of T, S, PO* 4, CFC-11, CFC-12, SF6, and estimates of prebomb 14C are deconvolved for the boundary propagator G using a maximum-entropy approach. From G, we calculate the fractions of water last ventilated in specified surface regions Ωw. We estimate that (56 ± 13)% of the water deeper than 1,000 m was ventilated in northern high latitudes, (15 ± 5)% in the Mediterranean, and (27 ± 12)% in the Southern Ocean. Below the thermocline and outside the deep western boundary current, mean ages of Ωw-ventilated water exceed a century. Consequently, memory of where last ventilation occurred tends to get lost and the deep mean-age patterns of Ωw-ventilated water are broadly similar for all Ωw. The mean ventilation ages, averaged over the section with Ωw-fraction weights, are roughly 200 years for all deep water masses except for water last ventilated south of the Antarctic divergence, which is about twice as old. The uncertainties in the section-mean profiles of the Ωw fractions and their mean ages are ∼50% and ∼20%, respectively. The Ωw fractions have vertically diffuse overlapping patterns suggesting significant diapycnal mixing, consistent with century-scale mean ages. We quantify the seasonal cycle of ventilation and find that in both hemispheres peak ventilation occurs during late winter and early spring, but Northern Hemisphere ventilated deep waters have a more pronounced seasonal cycle with nearly zero summertime ventilation. © 2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/114169
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作者单位: Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Recommended Citation:
Holzer M.,Smethie W.M.,Jr.,et al. Ventilation of the Subtropical North Atlantic: Locations and Times of Last Ventilation Estimated Using Tracer Constraints From GEOTRACES Section GA03[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,2018-01-01,123(4)