The Role of Polar Deep Water Formation in Global Climate Change.

Hay, William W. (1993) The Role of Polar Deep Water Formation in Global Climate Change. Open Access Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21 (1). pp. 227-254. DOI 10.1146/annurev.ea.21.050193.001303.

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Abstract

The present ocean is thermally stratified. The waters become colder with depth, and the great mass of ocean deep water is near 2°C-almost the same as that of surface waters in the polar regions. The idea that the waters have a polar origin goes back to Benjamin Thompson (1800)(Count Rumford). He reasoned that the cold waters of the interior of the ocean must form by sinking in the polar regions and must drive poleward flow of surface waters. The idea was refined by Alexander von Humboldt(1814), who noted that the density of sinking cold polar waters must exceed the density of more saline waters in lower latitudes.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Role, Polar Deep Water, Global Climate Change, Arctic, Antarctic, Paleoceanography
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-P-OZ Paleo-Oceanography
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Annual Reviews Inc.
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2017 09:57
Last Modified: 21 Jan 2019 12:40
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35716

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