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- Title
Variability of heat and salinity content in the North Atlantic in the last decade.
- Authors
Ivchenko, V. O.; Wells, N. C.; Aleynik, D. L.; Shaw, A. G. P.
- Abstract
The analysis of the heat and salinity contents have been made for the Northern Atlantic for the decade between January 1999 and December 2008. This analysis is based on the Argo profiling data for the upper 2000 m. Basin-averaged values of anomaly of heat (AHC) and anomaly of salinity content (ASC) are robust and stable. The AHC and ASC demonstrate positive trends in the last decade in the upper 2000m of the North Atlantic. The linear trend of AHC and ASC are (126.43±18.52)±1020 J, and (47.07±6.90)×1013 kg, respectively. Both trends are significant at 95% level of significance. The main contribution to the positive trend of AHC/ASC comes from the northern parts of the basin.
- Subjects
NORTH Atlantic Region; HEAT; GEOLOGICAL basins; ATMOSPHERE; SALINITY; CLIMATE change
- Publication
Ocean Science Discussions, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 4, p1971
- ISSN
1812-0806
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/osd-6-1971-2009