Showing papers by "Peili Wu published in 2000"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a scenario for understanding the unexpectedly large changes of deep waters and thermohaline circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean during the past decade, which has successfully reproduced the observed 1987 and 1995 regimes as shown by the two Meteor cruises.
Abstract: This paper presents a scenario for understanding the unexpectedly large changes of deep waters and thermohaline circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean during the past decade. It is demonstrated as a possible deep-water renewal mechanism in the Eastern Mediterranean in a numerical simulation with a high-resolution model, which has successfully reproduced the observed 1987 and 1995 regimes as shown by the two Meteor cruises. A budget study of the model simulation has shown that more than 75% of the salt added to the deep layers of the Eastern Mediterranean could have come from the top 1000 m by a salinity redistribution process triggered by intensive cooling over the Aegean Sea. A water transformation process analysis is carried out in the model simulation to reveal how colder and fresher dense deep water formed in the Aegean is turned into the Eastern Mediterranean Deep Water (EMDW) as observed. Surface heat and freshwater fluxes are diagnosed to show the roles of each component during the trans...
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