The Water Mass Transformation Framework for Ocean Physics and Biogeochemistry

Author:

Groeskamp Sjoerd1,Griffies Stephen M.23,Iudicone Daniele4,Marsh Robert5,Nurser A.J. George5,Zika Jan D.1

Affiliation:

1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia;

2. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

3. Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA

4. Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Plankton, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, 80121 Naples, Italy;

5. National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom

Abstract

The water mass transformation (WMT) framework weaves together circulation, thermodynamics, and biogeochemistry into a description of the ocean that complements traditional Eulerian and Lagrangian methods. In so doing, a WMT analysis renders novel insights and predictive capabilities for studies of ocean physics and biogeochemistry. In this review, we describe fundamentals of the WMT framework and illustrate its practical analysis capabilities. We show how it provides a robust methodology to characterize and quantify the impact of physical processes on buoyancy and other thermodynamic fields. We also detail how to extend WMT to insightful analysis of biogeochemical cycles.

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Subject

Oceanography

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