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ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
Volume 69, Issue 5, Pages 802-808Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fss028
Keywords
airsea interaction; Atlantic inflow; source waters; subdecadal variability; Subpolar Gyre
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- European Union [212643]
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The inflow of Atlantic water (AW) across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge and into the Nordic Seas controls both physical and biological conditions in the northeastern Atlantic through its transport of heat, salt, and other properties. The two main branches of this flow pass through the Iceland-Faroe Gap and the Faroe-Shetland Channel, respectively. Regular monitoring along four standard sections crossing these flows provides time-series of the AW temperature and salinity variability since the late 1980s. The analysis of these series presented shows a persistent increasing trend in both temperature and salinity, modulated by smaller subdecadal oscillations. Using supplementary data sources, the previously established link between the large-scale circulation in the North Atlantic and Atlantic inflow properties is supported. Salinity is also impacted by large changes in the Bay of Biscay source waters, and upstream airsea heat fluxes modulate temperature. Relationships between changes in transport and associated residence time, and the modifying strength of the air-sea interaction and mixing, are also discussed.
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