scholarly journals Interconnectivity Between Volume Transports Through Arctic Straits

2018 ◽  
Vol 123 (12) ◽  
pp. 8714-8729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agatha M. Boer ◽  
Estanislao Gavilan Pascual‐Ahuir ◽  
David P. Stevens ◽  
Léon Chafik ◽  
David K. Hutchinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Volume Transports

scholarly journals Influence of El Niño Wind Stress Anomalies on South Brazil Bight Ocean Volume Transports

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Paulo de Freitas Assad ◽  
Carina Stefoni Böck ◽  
Rogerio Neder Candella ◽  
Luiz Landau
Keyword(s):  
Stress Field ◽  
Interannual Variability ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Volume Transport ◽  
Wind Stress Field ◽  
Volume Transports

The knowledge of wind stress variability could represent an important contribution to understand the variability over upper layer ocean volume transports. The South Brazilian Bight (SBB) circulation had been studied by numerous researchers who predominantly attempted to estimate its meridional volume transport. The main objective and contribution of this study is to identify and quantify possible interannual variability in the ocean volume transport in the SBB induced by the sea surface wind stress field. A low resolution ocean global circulation model was implemented to investigate the volume transport variability. The results obtained indicate the occurrence of interannual variability in meridional ocean volume transports along three different zonal sections. These results also indicate the influence of a wind driven large-scale atmospheric process that alters locally the SBB and near-offshore region wind stress field and consequently causes interannual variability in the upper layer ocean volume transports. A strengthening of the southward flow in 25°S and 30°S was observed. The deep layer ocean volume transport in the three monitored sections indicates a potential dominance of other remote ocean processes. A small time lag between the integrated meridional volume transports changes in each monitored zonal section was observed.

A Model Study of the Salish Sea Estuarine Circulation*

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1125-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Sutherland ◽  
Parker MacCready ◽  
Neil S. Banas ◽  
Lucy F. Smedstad
Keyword(s):  
Puget Sound ◽  
Exchange Flow ◽  
Salish Sea ◽  
Strait Of Georgia ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Juan De Fuca ◽  
Residence Time Distributions ◽  
The Difference ◽  
First Time ◽  
Volume Transports

Abstract A realistic hindcast simulation of the Salish Sea, which encompasses the estuarine systems of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia, is described for the year 2006. The model shows moderate skill when compared against hydrographic, velocity, and sea surface height observations over tidal and subtidal time scales. Analysis of the velocity and salinity fields allows the structure and variability of the exchange flow to be estimated for the first time from the shelf into the farthest reaches of Puget Sound. This study utilizes the total exchange flow formalism that calculates volume transports and salt fluxes in an isohaline framework, which is then compared to previous estimates of exchange flow in the region. From this analysis, residence time distributions are estimated for Puget Sound and its major basins and are found to be markedly shorter than previous estimates. The difference arises from the ability of the model and the isohaline method for flux calculations to more accurately estimate the exchange flow. In addition, evidence is found to support the previously observed spring–neap modulation of stratification at the Admiralty Inlet sill. However, the exchange flow calculated increases at spring tides, exactly opposite to the conclusion reached from an Eulerian average of observations.

scholarly journals Methods of calculation of the Atlantic meridional heat and volume transports from ocean models at 26.5°N

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 1459-1475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir N. Stepanov ◽  
Doroteaciro Iovino ◽  
Simona Masina ◽  
Andrea Storto ◽  
Andrea Cipollone
Keyword(s):  
Methods Of Calculation ◽  
Ocean Models ◽  
Volume Transports

scholarly journals Horizontal circulation and volume transports in the Weddell Gyre derived from Argo float data

2019 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 263-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krissy Anne Reeve ◽  
Olaf Boebel ◽  
Volker Strass ◽  
Torsten Kanzow ◽  
Rüdiger Gerdes
Keyword(s):  
Argo Float ◽  
Weddell Gyre ◽  
Horizontal Circulation ◽  
Volume Transports

Water Transports and Current Patterns for the Scotian Shelf

1947 ◽  
Vol 7a (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. Hachey
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
Persistent Current ◽  
Central Portion ◽  
Surface Currents ◽  
Scotian Shelf ◽  
Current Pattern ◽  
Volume Transports

Data of twelve seasonal cruises, during 1934–1938, over the Scotian shelf have been used to determine surface currents, volume transports, and current patterns. Surface currents ranged from zero to 37.9 cm./sec. (18.2 nautical mi. da.). Volume transports varied considerably from season to season, and were greatest during winter months. Isentropic analysis of the data indicated a persistent current pattern, defining a water movement parallel to the coast, a large-scale circulatory movement over the central portion of the shelf, and a complicated vortex in the southwesterly portion of the area.

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