In:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 101, No. C12 ( 1996-12-15), p. 28317-28324
Abstract:
We document temporal variability of the northernmost branch of the North Atlantic Current, known as the North Subarctic Front (NSAF), for the period 1976–1985. The front's location and temperature‐salinity ( T‐S ) parameters were determined from 120 repeat transects along three standard sections occupied by Russian ships: (1) ocean weather station (OWS) “C” (52.75°N, 35.5°W) to St. John's, Newfoundland; (2) along 35°W, from 52°N to 36.5°N; and (3) OWS C to Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. The NSAF exhibits significant interannual variability of its location, shifting 200 km to 300 km in a few months. Along the OWS C‐St. John's section, the front reached its southernmost location in 1976–1977, then experienced two 250‐to‐300‐km northward shifts, in 1978–1979 and 1980–1981; all of the three shifts peaked in wintertime. These events nearly coincide with events of the opposite sign along the OWS C‐Cape St. Vincent section (the northernmost location in 1976–1977 and two 200‐km southward shifts, in 1978–1979 and 1980–1981). The NSAF's behavior is thus coherent near the Charlie‐Gibbs Fracture Zone at the 500‐km scale. Frontal time series (associated with the moving front) of T and S at the 200‐m level for the cold side of the NSAF reveal two events: an S 200 minimum in the winter of 1976–1977, which might be a manifestation of the “Great Salinity Anomaly” of the 1970s, and a sharp drop of S 200 in early 1984, which might signal the arrival of another large salinity anomaly, the “Great Salinity Anomaly” of the 1980s.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0148-0227
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Publication Date:
1996
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