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Controls on upper ocean salinity variability in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic during 1992-2017
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  • Ali Siddiqui,
  • Ali H Siddiqui,
  • Thomas W N Haine,
  • An T Nguyen,
  • Martha Buckley
Ali Siddiqui

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Ali H Siddiqui
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
Thomas W N Haine
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
An T Nguyen
Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Martha Buckley
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University

Abstract

• Two fresh anomalies observed in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic upper ocean during 1992-2017 share similar spatial characteristics. • Salt budget analysis shows the 2012-2016 fresh anomaly in the upper 200 m occurs due to transport of anomalous salinity by mean currents. • In contrast, the fresh anomaly in the 1990s is due to anomalous circulation of the mean salinity field.

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09 Jan 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
18 Jan 2024Published in ESS Open Archive