Horizontal density structure and restratification

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Horizontal density structure and restratification of the Arctic Ocean surface layer Mary-Louise Timmermans, Sylvia Cole, John Toole Yale University WHOI With thanks to Rick Krishfield and Andrey Proshutinsky

Upper Arctic Ocean temperature/salinity structure ITP OUTLINE Surface layer

Upper-ocean stratification in the Canada Basin Stratification barriers at 30-40 m depth isolate the surface waters and sea ice in the central Canada Basin from the influence of deeper heat. The 1D model could not predict the observed variability in mixed-layer properties. ITP observations 1D ocean mixed-layer model Depth 20 40 60 80 Temperature -1.6 -1.05 -0.5 0.05 0.6 07/01/07 08/01/07 09/01/07 07/01/07 08/01/07 09/01/07 Toole et al. (2010)

Dynamical processes acting in the ocean surface layer Ferrari and Boccaletti, 2008

A tendency towards compensation at all scales Potential density section of the upper ocean from the Northeast Pacific along 140°W resolution is 3 km in the horizontal and 8 m in the vertical. Well-developed mixed layer in the upper 100-150 m. Mixed layer base variations are due to vertical motions associated with mesoscale eddies in the ocean interior. mixed layer is not uniform in the horizontal: lateral density fronts are the result of the interactions among surface forcing, mesoscale motions, and vertical mixing. temperature and salinity at 50 m. Nearly every feature in temperature is mirrored by one in salinity at all scales. Temperature and salinity structure compensate to produce very small density gradients. A tendency towards compensation at all scales Rudnick and Ferrari, 1999

Ice-Tethered Profiler measurements in the Canada Basin surface layer Drift tracks and profile locations of ITPs 33 and 35 and salinity at 10 m between Nov. 1 2009 and Apr. 1, 2010

Time series of salinity at 10 m measured by ITPs 33 and 35

Temperature-Salinity relationship in the surface layer

Time series of surface-layer depth, ITP 35

Wavenumber spectra of 10 m potential density variance k -3

Restratification by geostrophic adjustment 1 – 2 cm s-1 South-north section in the central Canada Basin, 8-day drift shown here Horizontal velocity (thermal wind): Vertical buoyancy gradient of the geostrophically adjusted state scales as: Tandon and Garrett (1994) This is an estimate of restratification caused by isopycnal tilt.

Restratification by submesoscale instabilities Geostrophic adjustment of lateral density fronts is unstable to submesoscale baroclinic instabilities. (e.g. Boccaletti et al., 2007) Lengthscales ̴ 1 – 10 km Growthrates ̴ 1 day Fox-Kemper et al., 2008 Balanced Richardson number: Stone, 1966 Molemaker et al., 2005 Boccaletti et al. 2007 Instability dominates when Restratification by submesoscale eddies increases the balanced Richardson number.

Front sampled by ITP 35 Balanced Richardson number: Considering all adjacent profiles with spacing < 2km: consistent with the observed complicated structure (surface-layer instabilities).

Summary The sub-ice Arctic Ocean mixed layer has a complicated submesoscale structure and surface-layer stratification that appears to be attributable to lateral processes. The steeper spectral slope of horizontal potential density variance compared to in the mid-latitude ice-free oceans suggests different mechanisms controlling horizontal structure. Balanced Richardson numbers O(1) in the vicinity of fronts suggests ageostrophic baroclinic instability is likely. While the impact of restratification on mixing penetration depth is minor, modification to surface by submesoscale restratification affects the heat budget and biological productivity. Understanding the physics at submesoscales (not resolved in models) is necessary for accurate parameterizations.

that keep the layer vertically well mixed? Can dynamical restratification oppose convective and mechanical processes that keep the layer vertically well mixed? Active turbulent mixing is confined to the mixing layer overlying a barrier layer. This prevents ocean heat from being entrained to the surface. Homogenize each θ/S profile until surface-layer temperature is 0.050C above freezing PE increase is 10% more for profiles with mixing layers Surface layer is stratified in 50% of profiles → this amounts to around 5% more turbulent KE required to achieve this final state

Wavenumber spectra of upper-ocean potential density variance See Fox-Kemper et al., 2011 Between a few kilometers and O(100) kilometers, spectra have k-2.

The Arctic Ocean surface-layer depth ITP measurements (Nov. – Apr.) 2005 - 2011 surface-layer depth (m)