Journal
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
Volume 206, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103638
Keywords
Arctic Ocean surface circulation; SLP; SSH; EOF; Arctic Oscillation
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1901215]
- Marine Special Program of Jiangsu Province in China [JSZRHYKJ202007]
- Natural Scientific Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20181413]
- State Key Lab Fund for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources (2016)
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This study investigates the relationship between Arctic Ocean surface circulation and the Arctic Oscillation (AO) through the analysis of sea level pressure, sea surface height, and sea surface temperature. The results show that the circulation in the Arctic Ocean exhibits a periodic variation with the AO, leading to changes in the direction and amplitude of circulation.
Arctic Ocean surface circulation plays an important role in the global ocean circulation system. In recent years, its position and velocity have been changing constantly, attracting increasing attention. The cause of this change, however, is still a matter of disagreement. In this paper, we use empirical orthogonal function analysis (EOF) to analyze the spatial and temporal distributions of sea level pressure (SLP), sea surface height (SSH) and sea surface temperature (SST) in the Arctic Ocean. We use the wavelet transform to obtain the periodic variation law governing Arctic Ocean surface circulation as well as to explore the relationship between the Arctic Oscillation (AO) and Arctic Ocean surface circulation. Our results show that the SSH of the Arctic Ocean exhibit a periodic variation with AO, in particular the sudden change seen from 1987 to 1992 coinciding with the trend of the AO index for the same period. When the AO index is positive, the Beaufort Gyre (BG) weakens and the source of transpolar drift (TPD) moves eastward, to the East Siberian Sea; when the AO index is negative, the BG accelerates and expands and the source of TPD moves to the New Siberian Islands. As a result, the direction and amplitude of the circulation change.
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