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第 379 回 大気海洋物理学・気候力学セミナー のおしらせ

日 時:10月19日(木) 午前 9:30 - 11:00
Date :Thu., 19 Oct. 9:30 - 11:00
場所 :低温科学研究所 3階 講堂
Place:Institute of Low Temperature Science, 3F, Auditorium

発表者:水田元太 (地球環境科学研究院 / 助教)
Speaker:Genta Mizuta (Faculty of Environmental Earth Science / Assistant professor)
Title:Title: Circulation and production of Cape Darnley Bottom Water on the continental slope ­

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Circulation and production of Cape Darnley Bottom Water on the continental slope
水田元太 (地球環境科学研究院 / 助教)
発表要旨:

The circulation and water properties of Cape Darnley Bottom Water (CDBW) were investigated using results of mooring measurements and hydrographic data collected by a ship-based conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiler and instrumented elephant seals. CDBW was transported northwestward on the western flank of a gully located in Wild Canyon. As CDBW descended down the slope, its thickness increased from ~100 m to ~600 m. The basic properties of CDBW were produced near the Antarctic Slope Front (ASF), where modified shelf water (mSW) intrudes below the dense part of Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) and mixes with the overlying CDW to produce CDBW. mSW is the mixture of 40-45% CDW, 30-40% winter water (WW), and 20-25% shelf water (SW) produced in the Cape Darnley polynya. Compared with CDBW produced in 2008, CDBW produced in 2018 and 2019 was colder and less saline. The enhanced influence of dense WW, which is locally produced on the shelf, is suggested to drive the year-to-year variability of CDBW's salinity, at least in these three years. The annual mean transport of mSW contained in CDBW was estimated to be 0.26-1.2 x 10^6 m^3/s.

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水田 元太
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