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A four-dimensional mesoscale map of the spring bloom in the northeast Atlantic (POMME experiment): Results of a prognostic model
- Source :
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005, 110, pp.C07S21. ⟨10.1029/2004JC002588⟩, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2005, 110, pp.C07S21. ⟨10.1029/2004JC002588⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2005.
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Abstract
- International audience; A prognostic high-resolution model is established to provide an integrated view of the evolution of the spring bloom during the Programme Océan Multidisciplinaire Méso Echelle (POMME) experiments carried out at sea from February to May 2001 (16-22°W and 38°-45°N). Data collected during the first survey were used for model initialization, and data from three other cruises were used for model validation. The model successfully predicts the time evolution of the main reservoirs and fluxes, except for a storm event during postbloom conditions, for which the biological impact is underestimated. The bloom is long in duration (2 months), has low intensity (1 mg Chl m À3), and is characterized by a small f-ratio (0.45) and a small e-ratio (0.05). Furthermore, the model reveals much stronger space and time variability than sampled in the data. This large variability results both from the synoptic atmospheric variability and from the stirring induced by oceanic mesoscale eddies. In particular, the bloom starts in specific submesoscale features that correspond to filaments of minimum mixed layer depth. On short timescales (2-3 days), space and time variability have the same order of magnitude. On the seasonal timescale, time variability is larger than space variability. Considering the transient state of the system, this modeling exercise is also used to quantify the nonsynopticity of the observations, which occur mostly during bloom conditions, a crucial point for the data interpretation.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Mixed layer
Mesoscale meteorology
Soil Science
Initialization
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
Geochemistry and Petrology
0103 physical sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
14. Life underwater
Diffusion (business)
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Water Science and Technology
Ecology
Paleontology
Forestry
Storm
Spring bloom
Geophysics
13. Climate action
Space and Planetary Science
Climatology
Prognostic model
Environmental science
Bloom
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01480227 and 21562202
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005, 110, pp.C07S21. ⟨10.1029/2004JC002588⟩, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union, 2005, 110, pp.C07S21. ⟨10.1029/2004JC002588⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....78d8f52b675b0222cc466e589a1a928e