The Variable and Changing Southern Ocean Silicate Front: Insights From the CESM Large Ensemble
The Variable and Changing Southern Ocean Silicate Front: Insights From the CESM Large Ensemble
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变化无常的南大洋硅酸盐锋面:来自 CESM 大型系统的见解
DOI:
10.1029/2017gb005816
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Maclennan, Michelle
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作者:
Freeman, Natalie M.;Lovenduski, Nicole S.;Munro, David R.;Krumhardt, Kristen M.;Lindsay, Keith;Long, Matthew C.;Maclennan, Michelle
The location of the Southern Ocean Silicate Front (SF) is a key indicator of physical circulation, biological productivity, and biogeography, but its variability in space and time is currently not well understood due to a lack of time‐varying nutrient observations. This study provides a first estimate of the spatiotemporal variability of the SF, defined using the silicate‐to‐nitrate (Si:N) ratio as simulated by the Community Earth System Model (CESM) Large Ensemble (1920–2100), and its response to a changing Southern Ocean. The latitude where Si:N = 1 largely coincides with regions of high gradients in silicate and the observed position of the Antarctic Polar Front (PF) and serves as an indicator of waters with adequate nutrients available for diatom growth. On seasonal to interdecadal time scales, variability in the location of the SF is largely determined by biological nutrient utilization and Southern Ocean bathymetry, respectively. From 1920 to 2100, under historical and RCP8.5 forcing, the zonally averaged SF shifts poleward by ∼3° latitude, with no discernible shift in the position of the simulated location of the PF or the core of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. A more poleward SF is primarily driven by long‐term reductions in silicate and nitrate concentrations at the surface as a consequence of greater iron availability and a warmer, more stratified Southern Ocean. These results suggest a decoupling of the SF and PF by the end of the century, with implications for local biogeography, global thermocline nutrient cycling, and the interpretation of paleoclimate records from deep sea sediments.
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