Nature Communications (Apr 2021)
A warm jet in a cold ocean
- Jennifer A. MacKinnon,
- Harper L. Simmons,
- John Hargrove,
- Jim Thomson,
- Thomas Peacock,
- Matthew H. Alford,
- Benjamin I. Barton,
- Samuel Boury,
- Samuel D. Brenner,
- Nicole Couto,
- Seth L. Danielson,
- Elizabeth C. Fine,
- Hans C. Graber,
- John Guthrie,
- Joanne E. Hopkins,
- Steven R. Jayne,
- Chanhyung Jeon,
- Thilo Klenz,
- Craig M. Lee,
- Yueng-Djern Lenn,
- Andrew J. Lucas,
- Björn Lund,
- Claire Mahaffey,
- Louisa Norman,
- Luc Rainville,
- Madison M. Smith,
- Leif N. Thomas,
- Sinhué Torres-Valdés,
- Kevin R. Wood
Affiliations
- Jennifer A. MacKinnon
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Harper L. Simmons
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- John Hargrove
- Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, University of Miami
- Jim Thomson
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Thomas Peacock
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Matthew H. Alford
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Benjamin I. Barton
- National Oceanography Centre
- Samuel Boury
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
- Samuel D. Brenner
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Nicole Couto
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Seth L. Danielson
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Elizabeth C. Fine
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Hans C. Graber
- Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, University of Miami
- John Guthrie
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Joanne E. Hopkins
- National Oceanography Centre
- Steven R. Jayne
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Chanhyung Jeon
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Thilo Klenz
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Craig M. Lee
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Yueng-Djern Lenn
- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University
- Andrew J. Lucas
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Björn Lund
- Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, University of Miami
- Claire Mahaffey
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Louisa Norman
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Luc Rainville
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Madison M. Smith
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington
- Leif N. Thomas
- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University
- Sinhué Torres-Valdés
- Alfred Wegener Institute
- Kevin R. Wood
- Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Warming ocean water plays a significant role in accelerating Arctic sea ice melt. Here the authors present detailed observations of warm water of Pacific origin entering and diving beneath the Arctic ocean surface, and explore the dynamical processes governing its evolution.
