Study on subtidal circulation and variability in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Scotian Shelf, and Gulf of Maine using a nested-grid shelf circulation model
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- 作者：Jorge Urrego-Blanco (1)
Jinyu Sheng (1) - 关键词：Gulf of St. Lawrence ; Scotian Shelf ; Gulf of Maine ; Seasonal variability ; Interannual variability ; Intraseasonal variability ; Ocean circulation ; Estuarine circulation ; Fresh water plume
- 刊名：Ocean Dynamics
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：March 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：64
- 期：3
- 页码：385-412
- 全文大小：12,763 KB
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Jinyu Sheng (1)
1. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - ISSN：1616-7228
文摘
This paper examines the subtidal circulation and associated variability in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Scotian Shelf, and the Gulf of Maine (GSL-SS-GOM) in 1988-004 based on results produced by a nested-grid shelf circulation model. The model has a fine-resolution child model (?(1/12)°) embedded inside a coarse-resolution parent model (?(1/4)°) of the northwest Atlantic. The combination of the semi-prognostic method and the spectral nudging method is used to reduce the model seasonal bias and drift. The child model reproduces the general features of the observed circulation and hydrography over the study region during the study period. The child model results demonstrate that the time-mean circulation in the GSL is affected by the time-mean atmospheric forcing and inflow through the Strait of Belle Isle. The temporal variability in atmospheric forcing affects the outflow through western Cabot Strait, which in turn affects the transport of the Nova Scotian Current and the gulf-wide cyclonic circulation in the GOM. The simulated seasonal variability of salinity in the top 30 m of the GSL-SS-GOM is mainly affected by the equatorward advection of low-salinity waters from the lower St. Lawrence Estuary to the GOM through the Scotian Shelf. The simulated intraseasonal variability of circulation in the GSL is affected by the variability in the estuarine circulation in response to the temporal variability in atmospheric forcing. On the Scotian Shelf, the intraseasonal variability is mainly driven by the variability of wind forcing and mesoscale and nonlinear dynamics over the shelf break and slope region. The interannual variability in the simulated temperature and salinity are spatially coherent in the intermediate waters in the GSL, which is caused partially by the local response to atmospheric variability and partially by variabilities over the southern Newfoundland Shelf that enter the GSL through the eastern Cabot Strait. By comparison, on the Scotian Shelf, the interannual variability of simulated circulation is affected by anomalies produced by the nonlinear dynamics which are advected equatorwards by the shelf break jet.