The CLIMODE field campaign : observing the cycle of convection and restratification over the Gulf Stream

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2009-09Author
Marshall, John C.
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Ferrari, Raffaele
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Forget, Gael
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Andersson, A.
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Bates, Nicholas R.
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Dewar, William K.
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Doney, Scott C.
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Fratantoni, David M.
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Joyce, Terrence M.
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Straneo, Fiamma
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Toole, John M.
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Weller, Robert A.
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Edson, James B.
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Gregg, M. C.
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Kelly, Kathryn A.
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Lozier, M. Susan
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Palter, Jaime B.
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Lumpkin, Rick
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Samelson, Roger M.
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Skyllingstad, Eric D.
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Silverthorne, Katherine E.
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Talley, Lynne D.
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Thomas, Leif N.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/4022As published
https://doi.org/10.1175/2009BAMS2706.1DOI
10.1175/2009BAMS2706.1Abstract
A major oceanographic field experiment is described, which is designed to observe, quantify, and understand the creation and dispersal of weakly stratified fluid known as “mode water” in the region of the Gulf Stream. Formed in the wintertime by convection driven by the most intense air–sea fluxes observed anywhere over the globe, the role of mode waters in the general circulation of the subtropical gyre and its biogeo-chemical cycles is also addressed. The experiment is known as the CLIVAR Mode Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE). Here we review the scientific objectives of the experiment and present some preliminary results.
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Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2009. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 90 (2009): 1337-1350, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2706.1.