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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 37, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041595
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- NSF [OCE-0647979, OCE-0550771]
- University of Washington
- Directorate For Geosciences [0851483] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [1242313] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0851497] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0851483] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Changes in dissolved O-2 observed across the world oceans in recent decades have been interpreted as a response of marine biogeochemistry to climate change. Little is known however about the spectrum of oceanic O-2 variability. Using an idealized model, we illustrate how fluctuations in ocean circulation and biological respiration lead to low-frequency variability of thermocline oxygen. Because the ventilation of the thermocline naturally integrates the effects of anomalous respiration and advection over decadal timescales, short-lived O-2 perturbations are strongly damped, producing a red spectrum, even in a randomly varying oceanic environment. This background red spectrum of O-2 suggests a new interpretation of the ubiquitous strength of decadal oxygen variability and provides a null hypothesis for the detection of climate change influence on oceanic oxygen. We find a statistically significant spectral peak at a 15-20 year timescale in the subpolar North Pacific, but the mechanisms connecting to climate variability remain uncertain. Citation: Ito, T., and C. Deutsch (2010), A conceptual model for the temporal spectrum of oceanic oxygen variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L03601, doi:10.1029/2009GL041595.
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