The Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar by Jaime Palter
When: Wednesday,
November 16, 2022
12:30 PM
-
1:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology
Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
Seminar Announcement
“Dispatches from a turbulent Gulf Stream: Connections to circulation changes on the New England shelf, climate and carbon”
Prof. Jaime Palter
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
SMAST East, Rooms 101/102
And via Zoom
Abstract
The Gulf Stream influences climate, weather, and ecosystems. It transports the warm branch of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which moderates high latitude Northern Hemisphere climate and is projected to decline in a warming climate. In this talk, I will present observational and model-based evidence that the Gulf Stream's interactions with the Labrador Current drive variability all along the Northeast US Continental Slope and Shelf, from temperature to fisheries. Over the last century, these interactions have led to large-scale warming on the Northeast US Slope. Because this warming translates to a buoyancy increase at the western boundary of the North Atlantic that exceeds the buoyancy changes at the same latitude in the east, we can infer a slowdown of the AMOC, albeit with low confidence due to sparsity in the early hydrographic record. I will end with an outlook of major questions for the future, including how we might sustain observations of air-sea turbulent exchange in and near the Gulf Stream for the purpose of better weather prediction and lower uncertainty in the quantification of the ocean carbon sink.
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Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
Seminar Announcement
“Dispatches from a turbulent Gulf Stream: Connections to circulation changes on the New England shelf, climate and carbon”
Prof. Jaime Palter
Graduate School of Oceanography
University of Rhode Island
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
SMAST East, Rooms 101/102
And via Zoom
Abstract
The Gulf Stream influences climate, weather, and ecosystems. It transports the warm branch of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which moderates high latitude Northern Hemisphere climate and is projected to decline in a warming climate. In this talk, I will present observational and model-based evidence that the Gulf Stream's interactions with the Labrador Current drive variability all along the Northeast US Continental Slope and Shelf, from temperature to fisheries. Over the last century, these interactions have led to large-scale warming on the Northeast US Slope. Because this warming translates to a buoyancy increase at the western boundary of the North Atlantic that exceeds the buoyancy changes at the same latitude in the east, we can infer a slowdown of the AMOC, albeit with low confidence due to sparsity in the early hydrographic record. I will end with an outlook of major questions for the future, including how we might sustain observations of air-sea turbulent exchange in and near the Gulf Stream for the purpose of better weather prediction and lower uncertainty in the quantification of the ocean carbon sink.
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Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270
Passcode: 428029
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+13017158592,,97440069270#,,,,*428029# US (Washington DC)
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+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 876 9923 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270
Passcode: 428029
Find your local number: https://umassd.zoom.us/u/adtxYu9NMO
Join by SIP
97440069270@zoomcrc.com
Join by H.323
162.255.37.11 (US West)
162.255.36.11 (US East)
115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)
115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)
213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands)
213.244.140.110 (Germany)
103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney)
103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne)
149.137.40.110 (Singapore)
64.211.144.160 (Brazil)
149.137.68.253 (Mexico)
69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto)
65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver)
207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo)
149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka)
Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270
Passcode: 428029
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For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series