基于再分析数据的全球海洋水体和热盐输运及其季节变化

Global Ocean Water Volume, Heat and Salt Transport and Their Seasonal Changes Based on Reanalysis Data

  • 摘要: 全球海洋环流复杂,其产生的水体和热盐输运决定了各大洋物质和能量的再分配,并且对海气相互作用以及全球气候变化产生重要影响。本研究基于GLORYS12、GLORYS2V4、C-GLORS05、FOAM和ORAS5五种再分析资料对全球12个关键截面处的海洋水体和热盐输运进行了估算。平均计算结果显示,纬向积分的海洋经向盐量输运与经向体积输运的变化基本一致,这主要是由于海水盐度垂向变化较小,水体盐量输运与体积输运大小成比例。全球海洋在35°S附近呈现经向体积输运极值,其南向输运量接近10 Sv。由于海洋温度随深度增加迅速减小,且中下层较为稳定,因此海洋经向热量输运与上层海洋环流相关性更高。全球海洋在南北半球均呈现向极的经向热量输运,北半球中低纬度输运量在1.5~2.0 PW,南半球中低纬度输运量在1.0 PW左右。N向热量输运横跨整个大西洋,南大西洋中低纬度输运量在0.3~1.0 PW,北大西洋中低纬度输运量在1.0~1.3 PW。与大洋经向输运相比,南大洋由于强劲的南极绕极流的E向流动,其纬向水体和热盐输运显著。计算结果显示,通过南大洋20°E、146°E截面以及德雷克海峡分别约有144.50、162.46和146.05 Sv的体积输运(对应5.10×109、5.74×109和5.15×109 kg/s的盐量输运,以及1.27、2.28和1.58 PW的热量输运)。另外,海洋水体和热盐输运气候态月变化显示,各大洋水体和热盐经向输运均呈现较明显的季节变化,相较于体积和盐量输运,南大洋纬向热量输运季节变化最为显著。

     

    Abstract: The global ocean circulation is very complicated, and its related water volume, heat and salt transport determine the redistribution of mass and energy in global ocean and have great impacts on air-sea interactions and climate change. Based on five reanalysis data sets, including GLORYS12, GLORYS2V4, C-GLORS05, FOAM, and ORAS5, this study estimated the global water volume, heat and salt transport that across 12 key sections in global oceans. The results show that the meridional salinity variation is similar to that of the meridional volume transport because the salt transport is proportional to the volume transport due to the less vertical salinity change. The global ocean exhibits maximum meridional volume transport at around 35°S, and its southward transport is close to 10 Sv. Since ocean temperature decreases rapidly with depth, and the middle and lower layers are relatively stable, ocean meridional heat transport is more related to upper ocean circulation. The global ocean exhibits poleward heat transport in both hemispheres. The transport capacity at mid-low latitudes in northern hemisphere is between 1.5 and 2.0 PW, and that at the same latitudes in southern hemisphere is about 1.0 PW. The northward heat transport spans the entire Atlantic Ocean, with 0.3–1.0 PW at mid-low latitudes in South Atlantic and 1.0–1.3 PW at the mid-low latitudes in North Atlantic. In contrast, the Southern Ocean has significant zonal water volume, heat and salt transport due to the strong eastward Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Statistical results show that there are about 144.5, 162.46 and 146.05 Sv volume transport flowing through the 20°E and, 146°E sections in the Southern Ocean and the Drake Passage, respectively (corresponding to 5.1×109, 5.74×109, 5.15×109 kg/s salt transport, and 1.27, 2.28, 1.58 PW heat transport. In addition, the climatological transport variation shows that the meridional volume, heat and salt transport have obvious seasonality, the zonal heat transport in the Southern Ocean has greater seasonal changes than the zonal volume and salt transport.

     

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