Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region
We examine the variability of near-surface salinity in a 10° × 10° region of the eastern North Atlantic, the location of the first part of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). The data used were collected over a two-year period, largely by a group of two types of profi...
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| description | We examine the variability of near-surface salinity in a 10° × 10° region of the eastern North Atlantic, the location of the first part of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). The data used were collected over a two-year period, largely by a group of two types of profiling floats equipped with sensors that record high-resolution temperature and salinity measurements in the upper few meters of the water column. By comparing the SPURS-1 measurements to observations in the area from previous decades, we examine variability at time scales ranging from a few hours (mostly consisting of rainfall-driven decreases in salinity) to diurnal cycles in temperature and salinity, seasonal variability and the annual cycle, and finally to decadal-scale changes. The relationship of near-surface salinity to the hydrological cycle suggests a continuous spectrum of variability in this cycle from hours to decades |
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| spelling | doaj.art-392b17cf0b5346bd81d1775e1abd58792022-12-21T22:05:51ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752015-03-01281667710.5670/oceanog.2015.11Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS RegionStephen Riser0Jessica Anderson1Andrey Shcherbina2Eric D'Asaro3University of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of WashingtonWe examine the variability of near-surface salinity in a 10° × 10° region of the eastern North Atlantic, the location of the first part of the Salinity Processes in the Upper-ocean Regional Study (SPURS-1). The data used were collected over a two-year period, largely by a group of two types of profiling floats equipped with sensors that record high-resolution temperature and salinity measurements in the upper few meters of the water column. By comparing the SPURS-1 measurements to observations in the area from previous decades, we examine variability at time scales ranging from a few hours (mostly consisting of rainfall-driven decreases in salinity) to diurnal cycles in temperature and salinity, seasonal variability and the annual cycle, and finally to decadal-scale changes. The relationship of near-surface salinity to the hydrological cycle suggests a continuous spectrum of variability in this cycle from hours to decadeshttp://tos.org/oceanography/archive/28-1_riser.pdfSPURSocean salinityprofiling floatssalinity measurementshydrological cycle |
| spellingShingle | Stephen Riser Jessica Anderson Andrey Shcherbina Eric D'Asaro Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region Oceanography SPURS ocean salinity profiling floats salinity measurements hydrological cycle |
| title | Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region |
| title_full | Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region |
| title_fullStr | Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region |
| title_short | Variability in Near-Surface Salinity from Hours to Decades in the Eastern North Atlantic: The SPURS Region |
| title_sort | variability in near surface salinity from hours to decades in the eastern north atlantic the spurs region |
| topic | SPURS ocean salinity profiling floats salinity measurements hydrological cycle |
| url | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/28-1_riser.pdf |
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