FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Salinity changes along the upper limb of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation - art. no. L06609 BT AF BLANKE, Bruno ARHAN, Michel SPEICH, Sabrina AS 1:1;2:2;3:1; FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LPO;3:; C1 Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer, CNRS, UMR 6523,Lab Phys Oceans, Brest, France. Univ Bretagne Occidentale, IFREMER, Ctr Breast,Lab Phys Oceans, UMR 6523,CNRS, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LPO IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 2.602 TC 16 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1213.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Salinity;Atlantic deep convection zones;Upper limb;Thermohaline circulation;Ocean circulation model AB Lagrangian analyses of a global ocean circulation model quantify the salinity changes experienced by the warm limb of the thermohaline circulation during the northward flow to the Atlantic deep convection regions. 6 Sv out of the estimated 10-Sv transfer from 45 degrees S to 47 degrees N flow through regions of prevailing surface evaporation: the southern and northern formation regions of Salinity Maximum Water and the Gulf of Cadiz/Mediterranean Sea domain. The remaining transport gains salinity through mixing with adjacent waters. As much as 6 Sv flow through the low-salinity surface mixed layer at the latitudes of the ITCZ whose effect annihilates that of the southern region of Salinity Maximum Water. Most of the salinity increase corresponds to the transformation of South to North Atlantic Central Water, with strong diapycnal transfers for the water that intersects the high and low salinity regions, and nearly isopycnal modifications for the water that avoids these regions. PY 2006 PD MAR SO Geophysical Research Letters ( GRL ) SN 0094-8276 PU American Geophysical Union VL 33 IS 6 UT 000236345100004 DI 10.1029/2005GL024938 ID 1213 ER EF