Submesoscale coherent eddy in Greenland Sea NoClim II, module D (ProClim) WP1 ’ A mode of deep ventilation’ scovered in GS during ESOP II (Gascard et al. 2002) • A homogeneous water column, cold core • Vertical extension, 2000 m • The horizontal scale of 10 km • Stationary? Long-lived ? Kasajima et al. (2006)
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Submesoscale coherent eddy in Greenland Sea NoClim II, module D (ProClim) WP1 ’A mode of deep ventilation’ Discovered in GS during ESOP II (Gascard et.
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Submesoscale coherent eddy in Greenland Sea
NoClim II, module D (ProClim) WP1
’A mode of deep ventilation’
Discovered in GS during ESOP II (Gascard et al. 2002)
• A homogeneous water column, cold core• Vertical extension, 2000 m • The horizontal scale of 10 km• Stationary? Long-lived ?
Kasajima et al. (2006)
SCV observations
1997 May
2001 Oct.
2003 April
2003 May
2003 Sep.
Second eddy 2003 May
2001 March
2002 Aug.
References
Gascard et al. 2002Wadhams et al. 2002Wadhams et al. 2004 (the second one)Budeus et al.2004
Active migration in 2003
SCV Vertical ventilation? ? ?
Formation where does the core water come from?
(Migration where is it transported?)
Dissolution where is the core water finaly released?
(How about the life time ?)Measurements of the chemical tracers in the core in 2003