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Why did deep convection persist over four consecutive winters (2015–2018) southeast of Cape Farewell?
Patricia Zunino
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Altran Technologies, Technopôle Brest Iroise, Site du Vernis, 300 rue Pierre Rivoalon, 29200 Brest,
France
Herlé Mercier
CNRS, University of Brest, IRD, Ifremer, Laboratoire d'Océanographie
Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, ZI de la pointe du diable, CS 10070 –
29280 Plouzané, France
Virginie Thierry
Ifremer, University of Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie
Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, ZI de la pointe du diable, CS 10070 –
29280 Plouzané, France
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The region south of Cape Farewell (SCF) is recognized as a deep convection site. Convection deeper than 1300 m occurred SCF in 2015 and persisted during three additional winters. Extreme air–sea buoyancy fluxes caused the 2015 event. For the following winters, air–sea fluxes were close to the climatological average, but local cooling above 800 m and the advection below 1200 m of a fresh anomaly from the Labrador Sea decreased stratification and allowed for the persistence of deep convection.
The region south of Cape Farewell (SCF) is recognized as a deep convection site. Convection...
