DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059940
论文题名: What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea?
作者: Moore G.W.K. ; Pickart R.S. ; Renfrew I.A. ; Våge K.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-10026
EISSN: 1944-9757
出版年: 2014
卷: 41, 期: 10 起始页码: 3628
结束页码: 3635
语种: 英语
英文关键词: air-sea interaction
; extratropical cyclones
; flow distortion
; oceanic convection
; polar meterorology
Scopus关键词: Air
; Storms
; Air sea interactions
; Air-sea heat flux
; Atlantic meridional overturning circulations
; Atmospheric circulation
; Extratropical cyclones
; Flow distortion
; polar meterorology
; Turbulent heat fluxes
; Heat flux
; air-sea interaction
; atmospheric circulation
; buoyancy
; extratropical environment
; heat flux
; marine atmosphere
; polar meteorology
; topographic effect
; turbulent flow
; Atlantic Ocean
; Labrador Sea
英文摘要: The Labrador Sea is a region of climatic importance as a result of the occurrence of oceanic wintertime convection, a process that is integral to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This process requires large air-sea heat fluxes that result in a loss of surface buoyancy, triggering convective overturning of the water column. The Labrador Sea wintertime turbulent heat flux maximum is situated downstream of the ice edge, a location previously thought to be causal. Here we show that there is considerable similarity in the characteristics of the regional mean atmospheric circulation and high heat flux events over the Labrador Sea during early winter, when the ice is situated to the north, and midwinter, when it is near the region of maximum heat loss. This suggests that other factors, including the topography of the nearby upstream and downstream landmasses, contribute to the location of the heat flux maximum. © 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84900932327&doi=10.1002%2f2014GL059940&partnerID=40&md5=f514a185380ebba1b3b4c0bea51c5b4e
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/7290
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作者单位: Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Moore G.W.K.,Pickart R.S.,Renfrew I.A.,et al. What causes the location of the air-sea turbulent heat flux maximum over the Labrador Sea?[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2014-01-01,41(10).