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DOI | 10.1029/2018GL079399 |
Resolving Shelf Break Exchange Around the European Northwest Shelf | |
Graham, Jennifer A.1; 39;Dea, Enda2 | |
2018-11-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 45期号:22页码:12386-12395 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | Shelf seas act as a significant sink of carbon within the global ocean. This occurs as carbon is exported beneath the permanent oceanic thermocline through the downwelling circulation across the shelf break. This downwelling circulation is quantified here using two regional ocean model configurations of the European northwest shelf, with differing resolution (7- and 1.5-km grid spacing). The dominant mechanisms and impact of model resolution are assessed along the length of the shelf break. The total downwelling circulation is stronger at higher resolution, due to an increased on-shelf transport at internal depths (20-150 m) and increased off-shelf transport at the base of the water column. At internal depths, these differences increase seasonally, influenced by stratification. Key processes in cross-shelf exchange only begin to be resolved at O(1 km), implying that global models currently used to assess the carbon cycles will be missing these processes. Plain Language Summary Shallow seas over continental shelves have a large impact on the global environment, acting as a sink in the global carbon cycle. Despite their importance, shelf seas are not well represented in global climate simulations. Climate models struggle to reproduce exchange between the shelf seas and deep ocean, due to the combination of large and small-scale processes involved. Around the European northwest shelf, water typically flows onto the continental shelf (toward the coast) in the surface ocean and off-shelf (toward the deep ocean) at the bottom. This downwelling circulation allows carbon to be exported into the deep ocean, away from the atmosphere. The strength of the downwelling circulation is calculated here using two ocean models with different horizontal resolution (7- and 1.5-km grid spacings). These models represent different processes, dependent on their resolution. The higher-resolution model (1.5-km grid spacing) is found to have a stronger downwelling circulation, and these differences increase seasonally during the summer. This shows that small-scale processes, which are missing in lower resolution models, have a large impact on exchange between the shelf seas and deep ocean. These processes are missing in many global models used for long-term climate projections. |
英文关键词 | shelf seas shelf break exchange model resolution downwelling circulation carbon cycle |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000453250000032 |
WOS关键词 | CONTINENTAL-SHELF ; DATA ASSIMILATION ; SLOPE CURRENT ; OCEAN MARGIN ; CONFIGURATION ; COASTAL ; SEAS ; SEASONALITY ; CIRCULATION ; TIDES |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/28478 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Met Off, Exeter, Devon, England; 2.Ctr Environm Fisheries & Aquaculture Sci, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Graham, Jennifer A.,39;Dea, Enda. Resolving Shelf Break Exchange Around the European Northwest Shelf[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,45(22):12386-12395. |
APA | Graham, Jennifer A.,&39;Dea, Enda.(2018).Resolving Shelf Break Exchange Around the European Northwest Shelf.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,45(22),12386-12395. |
MLA | Graham, Jennifer A.,et al."Resolving Shelf Break Exchange Around the European Northwest Shelf".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45.22(2018):12386-12395. |
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