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TI Heat Content Anomaly and Decay of Warm‐core Rings: the Case of the Gulf of Mexico
BT 
AF Meunier, Thomas
   Sheinbaum, Julio
   Pallàs Sanz, Enric
   Tenreiro, Miguel
   Ochoa, José
   Angulo, Angel Ruiz
   Carton, Xavier
   Marez, Charly
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1;5:1;6:2;7:3;8:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;
C1 Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education Ensenada B.C., Mexico
   Icelandic Meteorological Office Reykjavik, Iceland
   Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale Plouzané, France
C2 CICESE, MEXICO
   ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE, ICELAND
   UBO, FRANCE
UM LOPS
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-europe
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 4.72
TC 17
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00606/71769/70249.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB In this study, we harness the 25‐year satellite‐altimeter record, in concert with a vast array of in‐situ measurements, to estimate the heat content anomaly of 32 warm‐core rings in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The decay rate of these mesoscale eddies is studied in detail, and it is shown that they release the majority of their heat as they drift in the central GoM (away from topographic obstacles). The surface heat fluxes from the eddies is shown to be small in comparison to the total rate of heat loss from the eddies, suggesting that heat is primarily released towards the surrounding watermasses. Integrating the total heat evolution equation over the warm‐core rings yields an estimate of their effective lateral diffusivity coefficient. The long term impact of warm‐core rings on heat and salt balance in the GoM is also discussed. 
PY 2020
PD FEB
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU American Geophysical Union (AGU)
VL 47
IS 3
UT 000529107400072
DI 10.1029/2019GL085600
ID 71769
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