1 / 12

EGU meeting 8 April 2013 Vienna FBC Overflow Bogi Hansen HAV

EGU meeting 8 April 2013 Vienna FBC Overflow Bogi Hansen HAV. AGU, 2003. The densest overflow from the Nordic Seas has become warmer and more saline since 1995 Bogi Hansen, Karin M. H. Larsen, Hjálmar Hátún, Regin Kristiansen, Ebba Mortensen, Svein Østerhus, Detlef Quadfasel.

penny
Download Presentation

EGU meeting 8 April 2013 Vienna FBC Overflow Bogi Hansen HAV

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. EGU meeting 8 April 2013 ViennaFBC OverflowBogi Hansen HAV

  2. AGU, 2003 The densest overflow from the Nordic Seas has become warmer and more saline since 1995Bogi Hansen, Karin M. H. Larsen, Hjálmar Hátún, Regin Kristiansen, Ebba Mortensen,Svein Østerhus, Detlef Quadfasel With entrainment, the FBC-overflow feeds ~ 25% of NADW Greenland Faroe Bank Channel Sill depth: 840 m Iceland Faroes Shet- land FBC-overflow: 2 Sv + entrained water: 2 Sv image:AGU 2003

  3. FBC - overflow Monitored since November 1995 ADCP in flotation Dinner

  4. Volume transport(monthly averaged “kinematic” overflow) Average: 2.15 Sv Change: 0.18 ± 0.15 Sv = 8% ± 7%

  5. OWSM Potential temperature at OWSM FBC sill: 840 m Warming Warming

  6. Bottom temperature at sill 2 .5 - 0 . 3 Volume transport 2.0 - 0 . 4 1 .5 Bottom temperature (°C) 1.0 - 0 . 5 Volume transport (Sv) Bottom temperature 0 .5 0 - 0 . 6 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2

  7. Bottom temperature decreases with increasing volume transport Bernoulli aspiration Weak flow Strong flow Correlation coefficient: -0.49

  8. OWSM Bottom temperature Section N 800 m - 0 . 3 FBC sill 840 m OWSM 800 m - 0 . 4 Section N 900 m 1000 m - 0 . 5 FBC bottom temperature adjusted for transport variations - 0 . 6 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2

  9. FBC bottom temperature has increased since ~ 2000 2 .5 - 0 . 3 Uncertainty 2.0 - 0 . 4 ~ 0.1ºC 1 .5 Bottom temperature (°C) Δσθ≈ -0.004 kg/m3 1.0 - 0 . 5 Volume transport (Sv) 0 .5 0 - 0 . 6 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2

  10. Salinity at fixed temperatureat section S Section S Δσθ≈ +0.025 kg/m3 Salinity at 1ºC ΔS ≈ 0.005 Salinity at -0.45ºC Δσθ≈ +0.004 kg/m3

  11. Faroe Bank Channel overflow • Volume transport has not decreased • probably, it has increased • The overflow has become warmer, but also more saline • The density has not decreased • probably, it has increased

  12. The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013), under grant agreements n.308299 NACLIM www.naclim.eu and n.212643 THOR www.eu-thor.eu

More Related