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The 3-D Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea : A Composite Analysis From Altimetry and In Situ Data. / Sandalyuk, Nikita V.; Bosse, Anthony; Belonenko, Tatyana V.

в: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Том 125, № 10, e2020JC016331, 10.2020.

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@article{311d55a5dcd741ec98c1896916fa6dd9,
title = "The 3-D Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea: A Composite Analysis From Altimetry and In Situ Data",
abstract = "In this research temperature and salinity profiles in eddy-centered coordinates obtained from satellite altimetry (eddy data set distributed by Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data) are combined to document the mean three-dimensional structures of cyclonic (CEs) and anticyclonic (AEs) eddies in the Lofoten Basin. For eddies of both polarities, significant eddy-induced anomalies are concentrated within the zero vorticity radius and vertically to the depth of ∼900–1,000 m. The thermohaline vertical structures of CEs and AEs differ in terms of salinity and temperature anomalies. Horizontal structure of the mesoscale eddies showed warmer and saltier anomalies for AEs from the southwest to the northeast side, as well as colder and less salty anomalies from their southeast side for the CEs. This reflects the main features of the basin-scale temperature and salinity gradients, strongly affected by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. Mean zonal eddy-induced transport of volume, heat, and salt is generally westward, consistent with the key role played by eddies generated by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. The obtained results highlight the significant role played by mesoscale eddies in the oceanic circulation of the Lofoten Basin, as well as on heat and salt budgets of a key region for air-sea exchanges, water mass transformation, and climate.",
keywords = "heat transport, Lofoten Basin, mesoscale eddies, Norwegian sea, satellite altimetry, three-dimensional structure",
author = "Sandalyuk, {Nikita V.} and Anthony Bosse and Belonenko, {Tatyana V.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project 18‐17‐00027). A. B. received funding from the Research Council of Norway, through the project “Water mass transformation processes and vortex dynamics in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea (PROVOLO)” (Project 250784). We thank Ilker Fer from University of Bergen, Norway, for initiating the PROVOLO project that produced the data set “Hydrography of the Nordic Seas, 2000‐2017: A merged product.” We thank Aviso User Service for the data set “Mesoscale Eddy Trajectory Atlas Product.” Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1029/2020JC016331",
language = "English",
volume = "125",
journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences",
issn = "0148-0227",
publisher = "American Geophysical Union",
number = "10",

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T1 - The 3-D Structure of Mesoscale Eddies in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea

T2 - A Composite Analysis From Altimetry and In Situ Data

AU - Sandalyuk, Nikita V.

AU - Bosse, Anthony

AU - Belonenko, Tatyana V.

N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project 18‐17‐00027). A. B. received funding from the Research Council of Norway, through the project “Water mass transformation processes and vortex dynamics in the Lofoten Basin of the Norwegian Sea (PROVOLO)” (Project 250784). We thank Ilker Fer from University of Bergen, Norway, for initiating the PROVOLO project that produced the data set “Hydrography of the Nordic Seas, 2000‐2017: A merged product.” We thank Aviso User Service for the data set “Mesoscale Eddy Trajectory Atlas Product.” Publisher Copyright: ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - In this research temperature and salinity profiles in eddy-centered coordinates obtained from satellite altimetry (eddy data set distributed by Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data) are combined to document the mean three-dimensional structures of cyclonic (CEs) and anticyclonic (AEs) eddies in the Lofoten Basin. For eddies of both polarities, significant eddy-induced anomalies are concentrated within the zero vorticity radius and vertically to the depth of ∼900–1,000 m. The thermohaline vertical structures of CEs and AEs differ in terms of salinity and temperature anomalies. Horizontal structure of the mesoscale eddies showed warmer and saltier anomalies for AEs from the southwest to the northeast side, as well as colder and less salty anomalies from their southeast side for the CEs. This reflects the main features of the basin-scale temperature and salinity gradients, strongly affected by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. Mean zonal eddy-induced transport of volume, heat, and salt is generally westward, consistent with the key role played by eddies generated by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. The obtained results highlight the significant role played by mesoscale eddies in the oceanic circulation of the Lofoten Basin, as well as on heat and salt budgets of a key region for air-sea exchanges, water mass transformation, and climate.

AB - In this research temperature and salinity profiles in eddy-centered coordinates obtained from satellite altimetry (eddy data set distributed by Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data) are combined to document the mean three-dimensional structures of cyclonic (CEs) and anticyclonic (AEs) eddies in the Lofoten Basin. For eddies of both polarities, significant eddy-induced anomalies are concentrated within the zero vorticity radius and vertically to the depth of ∼900–1,000 m. The thermohaline vertical structures of CEs and AEs differ in terms of salinity and temperature anomalies. Horizontal structure of the mesoscale eddies showed warmer and saltier anomalies for AEs from the southwest to the northeast side, as well as colder and less salty anomalies from their southeast side for the CEs. This reflects the main features of the basin-scale temperature and salinity gradients, strongly affected by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. Mean zonal eddy-induced transport of volume, heat, and salt is generally westward, consistent with the key role played by eddies generated by the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current. The obtained results highlight the significant role played by mesoscale eddies in the oceanic circulation of the Lofoten Basin, as well as on heat and salt budgets of a key region for air-sea exchanges, water mass transformation, and climate.

KW - heat transport

KW - Lofoten Basin

KW - mesoscale eddies

KW - Norwegian sea

KW - satellite altimetry

KW - three-dimensional structure

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