The Interannual Variability of the Breakdown of Fall Stratification on the New Jersey Shelf

Forsyth, Jacob; Gawarkiewicz, Glen; Andres, Magdalena; Chen, Ke

doi:10.1029/2018jc014049

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The Interannual Variability of the Breakdown of Fall Stratification on the New Jersey Shelf

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2018
By Forsyth, Jacob ; Gawarkiewicz, Glen ; Andres, Magdalena ; ...

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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Forsyth, Jacob ; Gawarkiewicz, Glen ; Andres, Magdalena ; Chen, Ke
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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
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During the seasonal evolution of stratiﬁcation on the New Jersey shelf in the fall, strong thermalstratiﬁcationthatwasestablishedintheprecedingsummerisbrokendownthroughwind-drivenprocessesandsurfacecooling.TenyearsofoutputfromaRegionalOceanModelingSystemsrunanda one-dimensionalmixedlayermodelisusedheretoexaminetheinterannualvariabilityinthestrengthof thestratiﬁcationandintheprocessesthatreducestr atiﬁcationinfall.Ouranalysisshowsthatthestrength ofthestratiﬁcationattheendofthesummerisnot correlatedwiththetimingofshelfdestratiﬁcation. Thisindicatesthatprocessesthatoccurwithinthe fallaremoreimportantforthetimingofstratiﬁcation breakdownthanaretheinitialfallconditions.Furthermore,wind-drivenprocessesreduceagreaterfractionofthestratiﬁcationineachyearthandoesthesurfacecoolingduringthefall.Windsaﬀectthedensity
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Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Geophysics Oceanography Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Geochemistry And Petrology Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(9), 6503-6520
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014049
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2169-9275 ; 2169-9291
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Grant no. NA13OAR4830233
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