DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013390
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85048047400
论文题名: Gulf Stream Transport and Mixing Processes via Coherent Structure Dynamics
作者: Liu Y. ; Wilson C. ; Green M.A. ; Hughes C.W.
刊名: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
ISSN: 21699275
出版年: 2018
卷: 123, 期: 4 起始页码: 3014
结束页码: 3037
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Gulf Stream
; Lagrangian coherent structure
; mixing
; satellite altimetry
; spiral eddies
; transport barrier
Scopus关键词: chlorophyll
; climate modeling
; eddy
; Lagrangian analysis
; mesoscale eddy
; mixing ratio
; ocean color
; Rossby number
; satellite altimetry
; sea surface temperature
; spatial distribution
; wave propagation
; Atlantic Ocean
; Gulf Stream
英文摘要: The Gulf Stream has been characterized as either a barrier or blender to fluid transfer, a duality relevant to gyre-scale climate adjustment. However, previous characterization depended on relatively sparse, Lagrangian in situ observations. The finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) is calculated from satellite altimetry to identify Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) in the Gulf Stream region. These LCS provide dense sampling of flow and capture distinct regions associated with mixing. Independent observations of ocean color contain similar flow-dependent structures, providing verification of the method and highlighting transport and mixing processes that influence sea surface temperature and chlorophyll, among other water properties. Diagnosed LCS support the existing Bower kinematic model of the Gulf Stream, but also highlight novel behavior of comparable importance. These include vortex pinch-off and formation of spiral eddies, clearly identified by LCS and which may be explained by considering changes to flow topology and the dynamics of shear-flow instability at both small and large Rossby number. Such processes, seen though LCS, may further enable validation of climate models. The spatial distribution of these intermittent processes is characterized in terms of the criticality of jet dynamics with respect to Rossby wave propagation, and whether the jet is in an unstable or wave-maker regime. The generation and connectivity of hyperbolic trajectories in the flow appears to play an important role in governing large-scale transport and mixing across the Gulf Stream. © 2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/114173
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作者单位: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States; Now at Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States; National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom; School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Liu Y.,Wilson C.,Green M.A.,et al. Gulf Stream Transport and Mixing Processes via Coherent Structure Dynamics[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,2018-01-01,123(4)