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Journal Article
Stationary Rossby waves dominate subduction of anthropogenic carbon in the Southern Ocean
2017
Overview
The Southern Ocean has taken up more than 40% of the total anthropogenic carbon (C
ant
) stored in the oceans since the preindustrial era, mainly in subantarctic mode and intermediate waters (SAMW-AAIW). However, the physical mechanisms responsible for the transfer of C
ant
into the ocean interior remain poorly understood. Here, we use high resolution (1/10°) ocean simulations to investigate these mechanisms at the SAMW-AAIW subduction hotspots. Mesoscale Stationary Rossby Waves (SRWs), generated where the Antarctic Circumpolar Current interacts with topography, make the dominant contribution to the C
ant
transfer in SAMW-AAIW in the Indian and Pacific sectors (66% and 95% respectively). Eddy-resolving simulations reproduce the observed C
ant
sequestration in these layers, while lower spatial resolution models, that do not reproduce SRWs, underestimate the inventory of C
ant
in these layers by 40% and overestimate the storage in denser layers. A key implication is that climate model simulations, that lack sufficient resolution to represent sequestration by SRWs, are therefore likely to overestimate the residence time of C
ant
in the ocean, with implications for simulated rates of climate change.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
