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Physical response of the tropical-subtropical North Atlantic Ocean to decadal-multidecadal forcing by African dust

Evan, Amato T., Foltz, Gregory R., Zhang, Dongxiao·2012·Journal of Climate

Abstract

Dust storms are a persistent feature of the tropical North Atlantic and vary over a wide range of temporal scales. While it is well known that mineral aerosols alter the local radiative fluxes, far less is understood about the oceanic response to such forced changes to the radiative budget, particularly on long time scales. This study uses an observation-based climatology of dust surface forcing and an ocean general circulation model to examine the influence of anomalous atmospheric dust cover over the tropical North Atlantic on upper ocean temperature and circulation during 1955–2008. It is found that surface temperature anomalies from the model experiments are forced primarily by local radiation-induced changes to the surface heat budget. The subsurface temperature anomalies are additionally influenced by upper ocean circulation anomalies, which are the response to dust-forced steric changes in dynamic height. The results herein suggest that on decadal time scales dust-forced variability of ocean surface and subsurface temperatures are of a magnitude comparable to observed variability. On longer time scales dust-forced sea surface temperature anomalies vary in phase with the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, implying that tropical North Atlantic multidecadal variability is related to changes in dust emissions from West Africa.

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Authors
Evan, A. T., Foltz, G. R., & Zhang, D.
Affiliations
  • Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, Florida
  • JISAO, University of Washington, and NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington
Venue
Journal of Climate
Published
2012-04-17
Volume
25
Issue
17
Pages
5817-5829
ISSN
  • 0894-8755 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-0442
OpenAlex
W2168854554
Cited by
17
References
36
Citations by year
2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5
FWCI
2.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Journal of Climate (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Keywords
African dust, mineral dust, tropical North Atlantic, decadal variability, multidecadal variability, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, sea surface temperature anomalies, subsurface temperature anomalies, upper ocean circulation, surface heat budget, radiative forcing, dust storms

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