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The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream

The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream
The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream
A major oceanographic field experiment is described, which is designed to observe, quantify, and understand the creation and dispersal of weakly stratified fluid known as “mode water” in the region of the Gulf Stream. Formed in the wintertime by convection driven by the most intense air–sea fluxes observed anywhere over the globe, the role of mode waters in the general circulation of the subtropical gyre and its biogeo-chemical cycles is also addressed. The experiment is known as the CLIVAR Mode Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE). Here we review the scientific objectives of the experiment and present some preliminary results.
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The Climode Group, , Marshall, J., Ferrari, R., Forget, G., Maze, G., Andersson, A., Bates, N., Dewar, W., Doney, S., Fratantoni, D., Joyce, T., Straneo, F., Toole, J., Weller, R., Edson, J., Gregg, M., Kelly, K., Lozier, S., Palter, J., Lumpkin, R., Samelson, R., Skyllingstad, E., Silverthorne, K., Talley, L. and Thomas, L. (2009) The Climode Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90 (9), 1337-1350. (doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2706.1).

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A major oceanographic field experiment is described, which is designed to observe, quantify, and understand the creation and dispersal of weakly stratified fluid known as “mode water” in the region of the Gulf Stream. Formed in the wintertime by convection driven by the most intense air–sea fluxes observed anywhere over the globe, the role of mode waters in the general circulation of the subtropical gyre and its biogeo-chemical cycles is also addressed. The experiment is known as the CLIVAR Mode Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE). Here we review the scientific objectives of the experiment and present some preliminary results.

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Published date: 2009
Organisations: Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems

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Local EPrints ID: 357369
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/357369
ISSN: 0003-0007
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Author: The Climode Group
Author: J. Marshall
Author: R. Ferrari
Author: G. Forget
Author: G. Maze
Author: A. Andersson
Author: N. Bates
Author: W. Dewar
Author: S. Doney
Author: D. Fratantoni
Author: T. Joyce
Author: F. Straneo
Author: J. Toole
Author: R. Weller
Author: J. Edson
Author: M. Gregg
Author: K. Kelly
Author: S. Lozier
Author: J. Palter
Author: R. Lumpkin
Author: R. Samelson
Author: E. Skyllingstad
Author: K. Silverthorne
Author: L. Talley
Author: L. Thomas

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