scholarly journals ESTIMATION OF THE SYNOPTIC EDDIES INFLUENCE ON THE ACOUSTIC RANGING ACCURACY

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
М.А. Сорокин ◽  
П.С. Петров ◽  
Д.Д. Каплуненко ◽  
Д.В. Степанов ◽  
Ю.Н. Моргунов
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sound Field ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
The Sea Of Japan ◽  
Problem Solution ◽  
Acoustic Path ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Synoptic Eddy ◽  
Acoustic Ranging

Разработка систем акустической навигации и акустической дальнометрии в настоящее время является одной из наиболее актуальных практических задач акустики океана. В работе исследуется вопрос о влиянии крупномасштабных неоднородностей поля скорости звука в океане на точность решения задачи акустической дальнометрии. В качестве примера такой неоднородности нами выбран устойчивый антициклонический вихрь, наблюдающийся в южной части Японского моря в летний период. В работе проведены вычислительные эксперименты по исследованию влияния этого вихря на структуру звукового поля, формируемого на акустической трассе, проходящей через его центр, источником навигационных сигналов (ИНС), расположенным на шельфе. В ходе этих экспериментов по гидрологическим данным, полученным с помощью моделей глобальной циркуляции океана NEMO и ИВМ РАН, для этой трассы построена модель нерегулярного волновода «шельф–глубокий океан», после чего с помощью метода широкоугольных параболических уравнений выполнено моделирование акустического поля, формируемого ИНС в таком волноводе. Далее в работе также выполнен анализ модовой структуры этого поля, определены интервалы локализации различных модальных компонент сигнала и рассчитаны эффективные скорости распространения сигналов от ИНС на различных горизонтах приема, после чего исследовано влияние синоптического вихря на данные характеристики волновода. На основе этого анализа выполнены оценки влияния вихря на времена прихода сигналов от ИНС в точку приема, а также дополнительная погрешность решения задачи акустической дальнометрии, обусловленная этим влиянием. Результаты исследования показывают, что в рамках рассматриваемой методики решения задачи акустической дальнометрии даже относительно крупный неучтенный синоптический вихрь, ядро которого находится непосредственно на трассе, оказывает относительно слабое влияние на точность определения дальности (около 30 м для трассы протяженностью 300 км, или 0,01%). The development of acoustic navigation and acoustic ranging systems is currently one of the most important practical problems of ocean acoustics. In this study, the influence of large-scale inhomogeneities on the sound speed field in the ocean on the accuracy of acoustic ranging problem solution is considered. As a representative example of an inhomogeneity of this kind, we chose a stable anticyclonic eddy that is observed in the southern part of the sea of Japan in summer. In this work, computational experiments are conducted in order to study the influence of this eddy on the structure of the sound field formed along an acoustic path passing through the eddy's center by a source of navigation signals (SNS) located on the shelf. In the course of these experiments, a model of a range-dependent "shallow-to-deep-sea" waveguide was constructed along this path using hydrological data obtained from NEMO and INM RAS global ocean circulation models. After that, the acoustic field produced by the SNS in this waveguide was simulated by the method of wide-angle parabolic equations. The mode structure of the field along the path is studied, localization intervals of various modal components of the signal are determined, and the effective propagation velocities of signals transmitted by SNS are calculated at various reception horizons. The influence of the synoptic eddy on these waveguide characteristics is also investigated. On the basis of this analysis, the effect of the eddy on arrival times of the signals propagating from the SNS to the reception point is estimated, as well as the additional error in the solution of acoustic ranging problem caused by the presence of the eddy. The results of the study show, that within the framework of the considered technique of acoustic ranging problem solution, even the presence of a large unaccounted synoptic eddy, with its core located directly on the acoustic path, has a relatively weak effect on the accuracy of range estimation (about 30 m for a path 300 km long, or 0,01%).

scholarly journals A synthesis of marine sediment core δ<sup>13</sup>C data over the last 150 000 years

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. I. C. Oliver ◽  
B. A. A. Hoogakker ◽  
S. Crowhurst ◽  
G. M. Henderson ◽  
R. E. M. Rickaby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Marine Sediment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Deep Ocean ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
Basin Scale

Abstract. The isotopic composition of carbon, δ13C, in seawater is used in reconstructions of ocean circulation, marine productivity, air-sea gas exchange, and biosphere carbon storage. Here, a synthesis of δ13C measurements taken from foraminifera in marine sediment cores over the last 150 000 years is presented. The dataset comprises previously published and unpublished data from benthic and planktonic records throughout the global ocean. Data are placed on a common δ18O age scale suitable for examining orbital timescale variability but not millennial events, which are removed by a 10 ka filter. Error estimates account for the resolution and scatter of the original data, and uncertainty in the relationship between δ13C of calcite and of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in seawater. This will assist comparison with δ13C of DIC output from models, which can be further improved using model outputs such as temperature, DIC concentration, and alkalinity to improve estimates of fractionation during calcite formation. High global deep ocean δ13C, indicating isotopically heavy carbon, is obtained during Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 1, 3, 5a, c and e, and low δ13C during MIS 2, 4 and 6, which are temperature minima, with larger amplitude variability in the Atlantic Ocean than the Pacific Ocean. This is likely to result from changes in biosphere carbon storage, modulated by changes in ocean circulation, productivity, and air-sea gas exchange. The North Atlantic vertical δ13C gradient is greater during temperature minima than temperature maxima, attributed to changes in the spatial extent of Atlantic source waters. There are insufficient data from shallower than 2500 m to obtain a coherent pattern in other ocean basins. The data synthesis indicates that basin-scale δ13C during the last interglacial (MIS 5e) is not clearly distinguishable from the Holocene (MIS 1) or from MIS 5a and 5c, despite significant differences in ice volume and atmospheric CO2 concentration during these intervals. Similarly, MIS 6 is only distinguishable from MIS 2 or 4 due to globally lower δ13C values both in benthic and planktonic data. This result is obtained despite individual records showing differences between these intervals, indicating that care must be used in interpreting large scale signals from a small number of records.

РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНЫХ И ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЯ ИМПУЛЬСНЫХ СИГНАЛОВ В МЕЛКОМ МОРЕ ВДОЛЬ КРОМКИ КОНТИНЕНТАЛЬНОГО ШЕЛЬФА

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Golov ◽  
Yu.N. Morgunov ◽  
M.A. Sorokin ◽  
P.S. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sound Propagation ◽  
Acoustic Signals ◽  
The Sea Of Japan ◽  
Acoustic Path ◽  
Shallow Sea ◽  
Summer Period ◽  
Arrival Times ◽  
Modal Component ◽  
Group Velocities

Анализируются результаты натурного эксперимента по распространению импульсных акустических сигналов на шельфе Японского моря в осенне-летний период 2018 года. Цель эксперимента состояла в определении времен прихода и эффективных скоростей распространения сигналов вдоль акустической трассы,ориентированной вдоль кромки шельфа. В ходе теоретического анализа и моделирования распространенияакустических колебаний для условий эксперимента разработана методика прогноза эффективных скоростейраспространения импульсных сигналов на большие расстояния в мелком море. Методика основана на усреднении групповых скоростей первой модальной компоненты сигнала по всей трассе.The purpose of the paper is to present the interpretation of field experiments, dedicated to studying the propagation of impulse acoustic signals on the shelf of the Sea of Japan in the autumn-summer period of 2018. The main goal of the experiments was to determine arrival times and effective sound velocities of the propagation of the pulsed signals in underwater acoustic path trace oriented along the edge of the continental shelf. During theoretical analysis and modeling of sound propagation, the methodology for predicting the effective propagation velocity of pulsed signals over long hauls in the shallow sea was developed. It is based on averaging of the group velocities of the first modal component of the signal over the entire path.

The Norwegian node for the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thibaut Barreyre ◽  
Ilker Fer ◽  
Bénédicte Ferré
Keyword(s):  
Water Column ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Meridional Overturning Circulation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Fram Strait ◽  
Nordic Seas

&lt;p&gt;NorEMSO is a coordinated, large-scale deep-ocean observation facility to establish the Norwegian node for the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO). The project aims to explore the under-sampled Nordic Seas to gain a better understanding of the critical role that they play in our climate system and global ocean circulation. An overarching scientific objective is to better understand the drivers for the temporal and spatial changes of water mass transformations, ocean circulation, acidification and thermo-chemical exchanges at the seafloor in the Nordic Seas, and to contribute to improvement of models and forecasting by producing and making available high quality, near real time data. NorEMSO will achieve this by combining expansion of existing and establishment of new observatory network infrastructure, as well as its coordination and integration into EMSO.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NorEMSO comprises of three main components: moored observatories, gliders, and seafloor and water column observatory at the Mohn Ridge (EMSO-Mohn).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moored observation systems include an array of four moored observatories located at key positions in the Nordic Seas (Svin&amp;#248;y, Station M, South Cape, and central Fram Strait).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gliders will be operated along five transects across both the Norwegian and the Greenland Seas to monitor circulation and water mass properties at those key locations. Transects in the Norwegian and Lofoten basins will focus on monitoring the Norwegian Atlantic Current, and a transect in Fram Strait will monitor properties and variability in the return Atlantic Water along the Polar Front in the northern Nordic Seas. In addition, transects in the Greenland and Iceland Seas will address the water mass transformation processes through wintertime open ocean convection, and the southbound transport of surface water from the Arctic Ocean and dense water that feeds the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the East Greenland Current.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;EMSO-Mohn will establish, at the newly discovered hydrothermal site on the Mohn Ridge, a fixed-point seabed-water-column-coupled and wireless observatory with a multidisciplinary approach &amp;#8211; from geophysics and physical oceanography to ecology and microbiology. It is primarily directed at understanding hydrothermal fluxes and associated hydrothermal plume dynamics in the water column and how it disperses in an oceanographic front over the Mohn Ridge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following EMSO philosophy, NorEMSO will provide data and platforms to a large and diverse group of users, from scientists and industries to institutions and policy makers. The observations will serve climate research, ocean circulation understanding, numerical operational models, design of environmental policies, and education.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals On the Superposition of Mean Advective and Eddy-Induced Transports in Global Ocean Heat and Salt Budgets

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 1121-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Boeira Dias ◽  
C. M. Domingues ◽  
S. J. Marsland ◽  
S. M. Griffies ◽  
S. R. Rintoul ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Mixed Layer ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Bottom Topography ◽  
Water Masses ◽  
Salt Transport ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Tracer Transport ◽  
Ocean Heat Uptake

AbstractOcean thermal expansion is a large contributor to observed sea level rise, which is expected to continue into the future. However, large uncertainties exist in sea level projections among climate models, partially due to intermodel differences in ocean heat uptake and redistribution of buoyancy. Here, the mechanisms of vertical ocean heat and salt transport are investigated in quasi-steady-state model simulations using the Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator Ocean Model (ACCESS-OM2). New insights into the net effect of key physical processes are gained within the superresidual transport (SRT) framework. In this framework, vertical tracer transport is dominated by downward fluxes associated with the large-scale ocean circulation and upward fluxes induced by mesoscale eddies, with two distinct physical regimes. In the upper ocean, where high-latitude water masses are formed by mixed layer processes, through cooling or salinification, the SRT counteracts those processes by transporting heat and salt downward. In contrast, in the ocean interior, the SRT opposes dianeutral diffusion via upward fluxes of heat and salt, with about 60% of the vertical heat transport occurring in the Southern Ocean. Overall, the SRT is largely responsible for removing newly formed water masses from the mixed layer into the ocean interior, where they are eroded by dianeutral diffusion. Unlike the classical advective–diffusive balance, dianeutral diffusion is bottom intensified above rough bottom topography, allowing an overturning cell to develop in alignment with recent theories. Implications are discussed for understanding the role of vertical tracer transport on the simulation of ocean climate and sea level.

scholarly journals Inverse-model estimates of the ocean's coupled phosphorus, silicon, and iron cycles

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 4125-4159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Pasquier ◽  
Mark Holzer
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Iron Source ◽  
Fractional Contribution ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Phosphorus Export

Abstract. The ocean's nutrient cycles are important for the carbon balance of the climate system and for shaping the ocean's distribution of dissolved elements. Dissolved iron (dFe) is a key limiting micronutrient, but iron scavenging is observationally poorly constrained, leading to large uncertainties in the external sources of iron and hence in the state of the marine iron cycle. Here we build a steady-state model of the ocean's coupled phosphorus, silicon, and iron cycles embedded in a data-assimilated steady-state global ocean circulation. The model includes the redissolution of scavenged iron, parameterization of subgrid topography, and small, large, and diatom phytoplankton functional classes. Phytoplankton concentrations are implicitly represented in the parameterization of biological nutrient utilization through an equilibrium logistic model. Our formulation thus has only three coupled nutrient tracers, the three-dimensional distributions of which are found using a Newton solver. The very efficient numerics allow us to use the model in inverse mode to objectively constrain many biogeochemical parameters by minimizing the mismatch between modeled and observed nutrient and phytoplankton concentrations. Iron source and sink parameters cannot jointly be optimized because of local compensation between regeneration, recycling, and scavenging. We therefore consider a family of possible state estimates corresponding to a wide range of external iron source strengths. All state estimates have a similar mismatch with the observed nutrient concentrations and very similar large-scale dFe distributions. However, the relative contributions of aeolian, sedimentary, and hydrothermal iron to the total dFe concentration differ widely depending on the sources. Both the magnitude and pattern of the phosphorus and opal exports are well constrained, with global values of 8. 1  ±  0. 3 Tmol P yr−1 (or, in carbon units, 10. 3  ±  0. 4 Pg C yr−1) and 171.   ±  3.  Tmol Si yr−1. We diagnose the phosphorus and opal exports supported by aeolian, sedimentary, and hydrothermal iron. The geographic patterns of the export supported by each iron type are well constrained across the family of state estimates. Sedimentary-iron-supported export is important in shelf and large-scale upwelling regions, while hydrothermal iron contributes to export mostly in the Southern Ocean. The fraction of the global export supported by a given iron type varies systematically with its fractional contribution to the total iron source. Aeolian iron is most efficient in supporting export in the sense that its fractional contribution to export exceeds its fractional contribution to the total source. Per source-injected molecule, aeolian iron supports 3. 1  ±  0. 8 times more phosphorus export and 2. 0  ±  0. 5 times more opal export than the other iron types. Conversely, per injected molecule, sedimentary and hydrothermal iron support 2. 3  ±  0. 6 and 4.   ±  2.  times less phosphorus export, and 1. 9  ±  0. 5 and 2.   ±  1.  times less opal export than the other iron types.

On the Interannual Variability of the Indonesian Throughflow and Its Linkage with ENSO

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1435-1444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew H. England ◽  
Fei Huang
Keyword(s):  
Interannual Variability ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
Heat Content ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Enso Cycle ◽  
Indonesian Throughflow ◽  
Tropical Ocean

Abstract The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) variability is assessed using a retrospective analysis of the global ocean based on the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) experiment spanning the period 1950–99. A comparison between the 1983–95 observed ITF, and the simulated ITF suggests a reasonably accurate reconstruction of ocean circulation in the vicinity of the ITF during the available measurement record. A wavelet analysis shows that once the seasonal cycle is removed, the dominant variation of the ITF anomaly is an interannual oscillation with a period of about 4–7 yr. This interannual variability is significantly correlated with the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) pattern, with the ITF lagging the ENSO cycle by 8–9 months. This suggests that large-scale tropical ocean–atmosphere interaction plays an important role in the interannual variability of the ITF. Regional upper-ocean heat content variability might also play a role in controlling interannual fluctuations of the ITF transport via geostrophic flows, though it could equally be ITF variations that establish heat content anomalies downstream of the Indonesian archipelago. The model heat transport associated with the ITF is in good agreement with the limited observational record available. Resultant variability in annual mean ITF heat transport is in the range 0.4–1.2 PW, which is significantly correlated with ITF and ENSO indices.

scholarly journals Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxu Zhang ◽  
Wilbert Weijer ◽  
Michael Steele ◽  
Wei Cheng ◽  
Tarun Verma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Beaufort Gyre ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Freshwater Release ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Beaufort Gyre (BG), the largest Arctic Ocean freshwater reservoir, has drastically increased its liquid freshwater content by 40% in the past two decades. If released within a short period, the excess freshwater could potentially impact the large-scale ocean circulation by freshening the upper subpolar North Atlantic. Here, we track BG-sourced freshwater using passive tracers in a global ocean sea-ice model and show that this freshwater exited the Arctic mostly through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, rather than Fram Strait, during an historical release event in 1983–1995. The Labrador Sea is the most affected region in the subpolar North Atlantic, with a freshening of 0.2 psu on the western shelves and 0.4 psu in the Labrador Current. Given that the present BG freshwater content anomaly is twice the historical analog studied here, the impact of a future rapid release on Labrador Sea salinity could be significant, easily exceeding similar fluxes from Greenland meltwater.

scholarly journals From satellite altimetry to Argo and operational oceanography: three revolutions in oceanography

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1127-1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Y. Le Traon
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Satellite Altimetry ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Operational Oceanography ◽  
In Situ Observations

Abstract. The launch of the US/French mission Topex/Poseidon (T/P) (CNES/NASA) in August 1992 was the start of a revolution in oceanography. For the first time, a very precise altimeter system optimized for large scale sea level and ocean circulation observations was flying. T/P alone could not observe the mesoscale circulation. In the 1990s, the ESA satellites ERS-1/2 were flying simultaneously with T/P. Together with my CLS colleagues, we demonstrated that we could use T/P as a reference mission for ERS-1/2 and bring the ERS-1/2 data to an accuracy level comparable to T/P. Near real time high resolution global sea level anomaly maps were then derived. These maps have been operationally produced as part of the SSALTO/DUACS system for the last 15 yr. They are now widely used by the oceanographic community and have contributed to a much better understanding and recognition of the role and importance of mesoscale dynamics. Altimetry needs to be complemented with global in situ observations. In the end of the 90s, a major international initiative was launched to develop Argo, the global array of profiling floats. This has been an outstanding success. Argo floats now provide the most important in situ observations to monitor and understand the role of the ocean on the earth climate and for operational oceanography. This is a second revolution in oceanography. The unique capability of satellite altimetry to observe the global ocean in near real time at high resolution and the development of Argo were essential to the development of global operational oceanography, the third revolution in oceanography. The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) was instrumental in the development of the required capabilities. This paper provides an historical perspective on the development of these three revolutions in oceanography which are very much interlinked. This is not an exhaustive review and I will mainly focus on the contributions we made together with many colleagues and friends.

scholarly journals Modulation of ocean acidification by decadal climate variability in the Gulf of Alaska

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudine Hauri ◽  
Rémi Pagès ◽  
Andrew M. P. McDonnell ◽  
Malte F. Stuecker ◽  
Seth L. Danielson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Acidification ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Dissolved Inorganic Carbon ◽  
Model Simulation ◽  
Gulf Of Alaska ◽  
Sea Surface Height ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Wind Stress Curl

AbstractUptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the surface ocean is leading to global ocean acidification, but regional variations in ocean circulation and mixing can dampen or accelerate apparent acidification rates. Here we use a regional ocean model simulation for the years 1980 to 2013 and observational data to investigate how ocean fluctuations impact acidification rates in surface waters of the Gulf of Alaska. We find that large-scale atmospheric forcing influenced local winds and upwelling strength, which in turn affected ocean acidification rate. Specifically, variability in local wind stress curl depressed sea surface height in the subpolar gyre over decade-long intervals, which increased upwelling of nitrate- and dissolved inorganic carbon-rich waters and enhanced apparent ocean acidification rates. We define this sea surface height variability as the Northern Gulf of Alaska Oscillation and suggest that it can cause extreme acidification events that are detrimental to ecosystem health and fisheries.

Orientation of eddy fluxes in geostrophic turbulence

2008 ◽  
Vol 366 (1875) ◽  
pp. 2489-2508 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.T Nadiga
Keyword(s):  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Eddy Flux ◽  
Decomposition Approach ◽  
Decomposition Point ◽  
Geostrophic Turbulence ◽  
Global Ocean Circulation

Given its importance in parametrizing eddies, we consider the orientation of eddy flux of potential vorticity (PV) in geostrophic turbulence. We take two different points of view, a classical ensemble- or time-average point of view and a second scale decomposition point of view. A net alignment of the eddy flux of PV with the appropriate mean gradient or the large-scale gradient of PV is required. However, we find this alignment to be very weak. A key finding of our study is that in the scale decomposition approach, there is a strong correlation between the eddy flux and a nonlinear combination of resolved gradients. This strong correlation is absent in the classical decomposition. This finding points to a new model to parametrize the effects of eddies in global ocean circulation.

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