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Oxygen variability during ENSO in the Tropical South Eastern Pacific

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dc.contributor.author Espinoza-Morriberón, D.
dc.contributor.author Echevin, V.
dc.contributor.author Colas, F.
dc.contributor.author Tam Málaga, Jorge
dc.contributor.author Gutierrez Aguilar, Dimitri Alexey
dc.contributor.author Graco, M.
dc.contributor.author Ledesma, J.
dc.contributor.author Quispe-Ccalluari, C.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-04T17:00:20Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-04T17:00:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/6872
dc.description.abstract The Oxygen Minimum Zone (OMZ) of the Tropical South Eastern Pacific (TSEP) is one of the most intensely deoxygenated water masses of the global ocean. It is strongly affected at interannual time scales by El Niño (EN) and La Niña (LN) due to its proximity to the equatorial Pacific. In this work, the physical and biogeochemical processes associated with the subsurface oxygen variability during EN and LN in the period 1958-2008 were studied using a regional coupled physical-biogeochemical model and in situ observations. The passage of intense remotely forced coastal trapped waves caused a strong deepening (shoaling) of the OMZ upper limit during EN (LN). A close correlation between the OMZ upper limit and thermocline depths was found close to the coast, highlighting the role of physical processes. The subsurface waters over the shelf and slope off central Peru had different origins depending on ENSO conditions. Offshore of the upwelling region (near 88°W), negative and positive oxygen subsurface anomalies were caused by Equatorial zonal circulation changes during LN and EN, respectively. The altered properties were then transported to the shelf and slope (above 200 m) by the Peru-Chile undercurrent. The source of nearshore oxygenated waters was located at 3°S-4°S during neutral periods, further north (1°S-1°N) during EN and further south (4°S-5°S) during LN. The offshore deeper (< 200-300 m) OMZ was ventilated by waters originating from ~8°S during EN and LN. Enhanced mesoscale variability during EN also impacted OMZ ventilation through horizontal and vertical eddy fluxes. The vertical eddy flux decreased due to the reduced vertical gradient of oxygen in the surface layer, whereas horizontal eddy fluxes injected more oxygen into the OMZ through its meridional boundaries. In subsurface layers, remineralization of organic matter, the main biogeochemical sink of oxygen, was higher during EN than during LN due to oxygenation of the surface layer. Sensitivity experiments highlighted the larger impact of equatorial remote forcing with respect to local wind forcing during EN and LN. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Frontiers Media
dc.relation.ispartofseries Frontiers in Marine Science
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Oxygen consumption en_US
dc.subject Coastal trapped waves en_US
dc.subject ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation) en_US
dc.subject Equatorial circulation en_US
dc.subject Oxygen minima zone en_US
dc.subject Tropical South Eastern Pacific en_US
dc.title Oxygen variability during ENSO in the Tropical South Eastern Pacific en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00526
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.11
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.07.07
dc.relation.issn 2296-7745


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