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| Titel |
Entrainment in the Denmark Strait overflow plume by meso-scale eddies |
| VerfasserIn |
G. Voet, D. Quadfasel |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1812-0784
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In: Ocean Science ; 6, no. 1 ; Nr. 6, no. 1 (2010-03-01), S.301-310 |
| Datensatznummer |
250003361
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/os-6-301-2010.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The entrainment of buoyant ambient water into the overflow plume of Denmark
Strait and the associated downstream warming of the plume are estimated using
time series of currents and temperature from moored instrumentation and
classical hydrographic data. Warming rates are highest (0.4–0.5 K/100 km)
within the first 200 km of the sill, and decrease to 0.05–0.1 K/100 km
further downstream. Stirring by mesoscale eddies causes lateral heat fluxes
that explain the 0.1 K/100 km warming, but in the first 200 km from the
sill also vertical diapycnal fluxes, probably caused by breaking internal
waves, must contribute to the entrainment. |
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