High-latitude ocean ventilation and its role in Earth's climate transitions
Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; MacGilchrist, Graeme A.; Brown, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-1114; Evans, Dafydd Gwyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-4093; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Zika, Jan D.. 2017 High-latitude ocean ventilation and its role in Earth's climate transitions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375 (2102). 20160324. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0324
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Abstract/Summary
The processes regulating ocean ventilation at high latitudes are re-examined based on a range of observations spanning all scales of ocean circulation, from the centimetre scales of turbulence to the basin scales of gyres. It is argued that high-latitude ocean ventilation is controlled by mechanisms that differ in fundamental ways from those that set the overturning circulation. This is contrary to the assumption of broad equivalence between the two that is commonly adopted in interpreting the role of the high-latitude oceans in Earth's climate transitions. Illustrations of how recognizing this distinction may change our view of the ocean's role in the climate system are offered.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0324 |
ISSN: | 1364-503X |
Date made live: | 17 Aug 2017 11:00 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517617 |
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