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The importance of peripheral oceanic processes in the Labrador Sea for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

The Labrador Sea is one of the few places in the world ocean, where deep water formation takes place. This water is exported from the Labrador Sea to become part of the southward branch of the meridional overturning circulation. Previous observational work has largely focused on the role of deep convection in the interior of the Labrador Sea. Recent evidence from observations and numerical ocean models specifically indicate that processes near the ocean boundaries might be most relevant for both Eulerian downwelling of waters in the Labrador Sea and the fast export of newly transformed waters. We propose to analyze mooring based observations at the western margin of the Labrador Sea together with high resolution numerical model simulations to understand the role both processes play for the meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic. Specifically, we want to test (i) if (and where) downwelling occurs along the margins of the Labrador Sea, (ii) how downwelling relates to the seasonal evolution of convection and eddy activity, (iii) how fast waters newly transformed near the western margin of the Labrador Sea are exported, and (iv) how the two processes (downwelling, fast export) affect the temporal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

Langfristige Veränderungen von Ozeangezeiten – Prozessverständnis und Vorhersagen

Langfristige Veränderungen von Gezeiten zählen zu den bemerkenswertesten Facetten der Ozeandynamik. Zur Entschlüsselung dieser Signale wird im vorliegenden Projekt ein mehrschichtiger Modellierungsansatz auf globalen und regionalen Skalen entwickelt, der Meeresspiegelvariationen, Veränderungen der ozeanischen Dichtestruktur und Migrationsbewegungen von antarktischem Schelfeis in klassische Gezeitensimulationen einflechtet. Die Reaktion primärer Partialtiden auf diese Antriebsmechanismen wird in einer ersten Ausbaustufe von ~1970 bis 2015 erarbeitet, wobei hochauflösende barokline (3D) Simulationen im Nordostatlantik und um Australien rigoros in globale barotrope (2D) Vorwärtsläufe eingebettet werden. Die Validierung der Simulationsergebnisse gegenüber robusten und großräumigen Gezeitentrends aus Wasserstandsbeobachtungen legt den Grundstein für konkrete Projektionen von Ozeangezeiten bis zum Jahr 2100 unter Annahme realistischer Emissionsszenarien. Veränderte Randbedingungen in globalen und regionalen Gezeitenläufen einhergehend mit Meeresspiegelanstieg, Ozeanerwärmung und ausdünnendem Schelfeis werden hierzu in konsistenter Weise aus gekoppelten Klimamodellen abgeleitet. Erweiterte barokline und globale Sensitivitätsexperimente liefern einen Überblick über Küstenabschnitte, in denen mit nennenswerten Gezeitenentwicklungen durch großflächige Veränderungen der Dichtestruktur zu rechnen ist. Neben dem reinen Prozessverständnis soll auch Augenmerk auf die Abschätzung von Unsicherheiten der numerisch modellierten Tidenvariabilität in den kommenden Dekaden gelegt werden. Das Projekt ebnet in seiner Gesamtheit den Weg für eine verlässlichere Quantifizierung von säkularen Gezeitensignalen in Anwendungsbereichen (z.B. Küstenschutz) und der Ozeanographie nahestehenden Wissenschaftsdisziplinen.

Dissolved major element (Ca, Sr, Mg, K, Li) concentration data of the western Atlantic Ocean meridional section GA02 (GEOTRACES) and Arctic Ocean cruise JR271 (BODC)

This dataset presents salinity-normalized dissolved major element (Ca, Mg, K, Sr, Li) concentrations in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. Atlantic samples were collected along the western meridional GEOTRACES section GA02 comprised of cruises JR057 (Punta Arenas (Chile) 02-03-2011 to Las Palmas (Spain) 06-04-2011 ), PE321 (Bermuda 11-06-2010 to Fortaleza (Brazil) 08-07-2010), PE319 (Scrabster 28-04-2010 to Bermuda 25-05-2010), and PE358 (Reykjavik (Iceland) 29-07-2012 to Texel (Netherlands) 19-08-2012). Samples for dissolved major ions were sub-sampled from trace metal sample collection stored at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). Samples for the Arctic Ocean were collected on BODC cruise JR271 (Immingham 01-06-2012 to Reykjavik 02-07-2012). Samples were analysed for Na, Ca, Mg, K, Li and Sr using a Varian-720 ES ICP-OES. Samples were diluted by a factor of 78-82 in 0.12 M HCl to the same final salinity. Multiple spectral lines were selected for each element, and samples were corrected for instrumental drift by sample-standard bracketing with IAPSO P157 diluted to the same final salinity. Calibration was performed on 7 dilutions of IAPSO P157. Element-to-sodium ratios were calculated for all combinations of spectral lines. Assuming a constant Na-to-salinity (PSU)=35 ratio, the element/Na ratios were multiplied by 0.46847 µmol kg-1 to obtain the salinity (PSU)-normalized element concentration, and by the ratio of practical to absolute salinity (TEOS-10). The TEOS-10 absolute salinities were calculated from EOS-80 values using the Gibb's Oceanographic Toolbox using the R package 'gsw' (v 1.1-1).

(Table A1) Raw data for both AMT20 Atlantic Ocean transect samples and western Pacific Ocean transect (SO228 and SO256) samples

Sea surface salinity (SSS) is the least constrained major variable of the past (paleo) ocean but is fundamental in controlling the density of seawater and thus large-scale ocean circulation. The hydrogen isotopic composition (δD) of non-exchangeable hydrogen of algal lipids, specifically alkenones, has been proposed as a promising new proxy for paleo SSS. The δD of surface seawater is correlated with SSS, and laboratory culture studies have shown the δD of algal growth water to be reflected in the δD of alkenones. However, a large-scale field study testing the validity of this proxy is still lacking. Here we present the δD of open-ocean Atlantic and Pacific surface waters and coincident δD of alkenones sampled by underway filtration. Two transects of approximately 100° latitude in the Atlantic Ocean and more than 50° latitude in the Western Pacific sample much of the range of open ocean salinities and seawater δD, and thus allow probing the relationship between δD of seawater and alkenones. Overall, the open ocean δD alkenone data correlate significantly with SSS, and also agree remarkably well with δD water vs δD alkenone regressions developed from culture studies. Subtle deviations from these regressions are discussed in the context of physiological factors as recorded in the carbon isotopic composition of alkenones. In a best-case scenario, the data presented here suggest that SSS variations as low as 1.2 can be reconstructed from alkenone δD.

Pliocene-Pleistocene distribution of benthic foraminifers from ODP Hole 110-672A (Table 2)

Site 672 is located on the Atlantic abyssal plain to the east of the Lesser Antilles forearc region. It serves as a stratigraphic reference section for sediments entering the Barbados accretionary prism. A relatively complete Pliocene through lower Pleistocene section was recovered from Site 672 that contains a moderately well-preserved population of benthic foraminifers. Q-mode factor analysis of the benthic population data identified three Pliocene-Pleistocene assemblages that inhabited this site. The Factor 1 fauna, characterized by Nuttallides umboniferus, is commonly associated with the presence of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). The Factor 2 assemblage is characterized by Globocassidulina subglobosa, Epistominella exigua, and a combined category of unilocular species. The Factor 3 assemblage is characterized by Epistominella exigua, and Planulina wuellerstorfi. The Factor 2 and 3 faunas are associated with bottom water significantly warmer than that preferred by the Factor 1 assemblage. The distribution of these assemblages has been used to distinguish three climatic intervals in the abyssal environment during the Pliocene-Pleistocene. An early Pliocene warm interval occurred from the Ceratolithus rugosus Subzone to the middle of the Discoaster tamalis Subzone. The upper Pliocene is characterized by oscillations between the Factor 1 and Factor 2 assemblages, which suggests climatic deterioration and increased pulses of AABW flow. The persistence of an essentially modern (Factor 1) fauna throughout the early Pleistocene suggests full glacial development at both poles and a substantial volume of AABW production.

Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1294: Bereich Infrastruktur - Atmospheric and Earth system research with the 'High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft' (HALO), NAWDEX - North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment (NAWDEX) aims to provide the foundation for future improvements in the prediction of high impact weather events over Europe. The concept for the field experiment emerged from the WMO THORPEX program and contributes to the World Weather Research Program WWRP in general and to the High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project in particular. An international consortium from the US, UK, France, Switzerland and Germany has applied for funding of a multi-aircraft campaign supported by enhanced surface observations, over the North Atlantic and European region. The importance of accurate weather predictions to society is increasing due to increasing vulnerability to high impact weather events, and increasing economic impacts of weather, for example in renewable energy. At the same time numerical weather prediction has undergone a revolution in recent years, with the widespread use of ensemble predictions that attempt to represent forecast uncertainty. This represents a new scientific challenge because error growth and uncertainty are largest in regions influenced by latent heat release or other diabatic processes. These regions are characterized by small-scale structures that are poorly represented by the operational observing system, but are accessible to modern airborne remote-sensing instruments. HALO will play a central role in NAWDEX due to the unique capabilities provided by its long range and advanced instrumentation. With coordinated flights over a period of days, it will be possible to sample the moist inflow of subtropical air into a cyclone, the ascent and outflow of the warm conveyor belt, and the dynamic and thermodynamic properties of the downstream ridge. NAWDEX will use the proven instrument payload from the NARVAL campaign which combines water vapor lidar and cloud radar, supplemented by dropsondes, to allow these regions to be measured with unprecedented detail and precision. HALO operations will be supported by the DLR Falcon aircraft that will be instrumented with wind lidar systems, providing synergetic measurements of dynamical structures. These measurements will allow the first closely targeted evaluation of the quality of the operational observing and analysis systems in these crucial regions for forecast error growth. They will provide detailed knowledge of the physical processes acting in these regions and especially of the mechanisms responsible for rapid error growth in mid-latitude weather systems. This will provide the foundation for a better representation of uncertainty in numerical weather predictions systems, and better (probabilistic) forecasts.

Meeresmilben (Acari, Halacaridae) im tropischen Westaustralien - Vergleich mit der Fauna anderer Regionen Australiens

Die Halacaridae (Meeresmilben) gehören, mit ihrer Körpergröße von 200-500 mym, zum Meiobenthos. Unter den Milben sind sie die einzigen, die vollständig an ein Leben im Meer angepasst sind; sie besiedeln den Bereich von der oberen Gezeitenlinie bis in die Tiefseegräben. Zur Zeit sind etwa 900 Arten bekannt. Im Vergleich zu den Küsten im Osten und Westen des Nordatlantiks zeichnen sich die Australiens durch eine äußerst artenreiche Halacaridenfauna aus: jede geographische Region entlang der Küste scheint in erster Linie eigene Arten zu beherbergen. Die geplanten Probennahmen bei Dampier an der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens sollen Daten liefern für einen Vergleich mit den bereits bearbeiteten Faunen von Rottnest Island (Südwestaustralien) und dem Great Barrier Reef (Ostaustralien).

GTS Bulletin: FEAE75 EDZW - Forecast (details are described in the abstract)

The FEAE75 TTAAii Data Designators decode as: T1 (F): Forecast T1T2 (FE): Extended A1A2 (AE): South-East Asia (Remarks from Volume-C: FORECAST (5 DAYS) FOR THE EASTERN ATLANTIC (IN ENGLISH))

Das CO2-System im Ozean: CO2-Verteilung und Analysenvergleich bei der Messung der Alkalinitaet, des gesamten geloesten anorganischen Kohlenstoffs und des pH im Nordatlantik auf der RSS DISCOVERY vom 10.-27. Juni 1990

GTS Bulletin: FEAE55 EDZW - Forecast (details are described in the abstract)

The FEAE55 TTAAii Data Designators decode as: T1 (F): Forecast T1T2 (FE): Extended A1A2 (AE): South-East Asia (Remarks from Volume-C: FORECAST (5 DAYS) FOR THE EASTERN ATLANTIC (IN GERMAN))

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