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Water properties and bottom water patterns in hadal trench environments
Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
Charitha Pattiaratchi
Oceans Graduate School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
Alan Jamieson
Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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Taimoor Sohail and Jan David Zika
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-545, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-545, 2025
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How much heat and freshwater the ocean absorbs is important to understanding climate change. However, our best estimates of heat and freshwater transports into the ocean remain uncertain. In this work, we use a new method called the Optimal Transformation Method (OTM), to reconcile air-sea heat and freshwater transports with ocean temperature and salinity observations, representing a meaningful improvement on existing estimates. Our improved air-sea transport estimates are publicly available.
Jan D. Zika and Taimoor Sohail
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 8049–8068, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8049-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8049-2024, 2024
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We describe a method to relate fluxes of heat and freshwater at the sea surface to the resulting distribution of seawater among categories such as warm and salty or cold and salty. The method exploits the laws that govern how heat and salt change when water mixes. The method will allow the climate community to improve estimates of how much heat the ocean is absorbing and how rainfall and evaporation are changing across the globe.
Sharani Kodithuwakku, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Simone Cosoli, and Yasha Hetzel
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2901, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2901, 2024
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Neill Mackay, Taimoor Sohail, Jan David Zika, Richard G. Williams, Oliver Andrews, and Andrew James Watson
Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 5987–6005, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5987-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5987-2024, 2024
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The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mitigating climate change, but estimates of the uptake do not always agree. There is a need to reconcile these differing estimates and to improve our understanding of ocean carbon uptake. We present a new method for estimating ocean carbon uptake and test it with model data. The method effectively diagnoses the ocean carbon uptake from limited data and therefore shows promise for reconciling different observational estimates.
Jessica Kolbusz, Tim Langlois, Charitha Pattiaratchi, and Simon de Lestang
Biogeosciences, 19, 517–539, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-517-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-517-2022, 2022
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Western rock lobster larvae spend up to 11 months in offshore waters before ocean currents and their ability to swim transport them back to the coast. In 2008, there was a reduction in the number of puerulus (larvae) settling into the fishery. We use an oceanographic model to see how the environment may have contributed to the reduction. Our results show that a combination of effects from local currents and a widespread quiet period in the ocean off WA likely led to less puerulus settlement.
Charitha Pattiaratchi, Mirjam van der Mheen, Cathleen Schlundt, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Appalanaidu Sura, Sara Hajbane, Rachel White, Nimit Kumar, Michelle Fernandes, and Sarath Wijeratne
Ocean Sci., 18, 1–28, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1-2022, 2022
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The Indian Ocean receives a large proportion of plastics, but very few studies have addressed the sources, transport pathways, and sinks. There is a scarcity of observational data for the Indian Ocean. Most plastic sources are derived from rivers, although the amount derived from fishing activity (ghost nets, discarded ropes) is unknown. The unique topographic features of the Indian Ocean that create the monsoons and reversing currents have a large influence on the transport and sinks.
Mirjam van der Mheen, Erik van Sebille, and Charitha Pattiaratchi
Ocean Sci., 16, 1317–1336, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1317-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1317-2020, 2020
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A large percentage of global ocean plastic enters the Indian Ocean through rivers, but the fate of these plastics is generally unknown. In this paper, we use computer simulations to show that floating plastics
beachand end up on coastlines throughout the Indian Ocean. Coastlines where a lot of plastic enters the ocean are heavily affected by beaching plastic, but plastics can also beach far from the source on remote islands and countries that contribute little plastic pollution of their own.
Jan D. Zika, Jean-Baptiste Sallée, Andrew J. S. Meijers, Alberto C. Naveira-Garabato, Andrew J. Watson, Marie-Jose Messias, and Brian A. King
Ocean Sci., 16, 323–336, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-323-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-323-2020, 2020
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The ocean can regulate climate by distributing heat and carbon dioxide into its interior. This work has resulted from a major experiment aimed at understanding how that distribution occurs. In the experiment an artificial tracer was released into the ocean. After release the tracer was tracked as it was distorted by ocean currents. Using novel methods we reveal how the tracer's distortions follow the movement of the underlying water masses in the ocean and we estimate the rate at which it mixes.
Miaoju Chen, Charitha B. Pattiaratchi, Anas Ghadouani, and Christine Hanson
Ocean Sci., 15, 333–348, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-333-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-333-2019, 2019
Julie A. Trotter, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Paolo Montagna, Marco Taviani, James Falter, Ron Thresher, Andrew Hosie, David Haig, Federica Foglini, Quan Hua, and Malcolm T. McCulloch
Biogeosciences Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2018-319, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2018-319, 2018
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The first ROV exploration of the Perth Canyon offshore southwest Australia discovered diverse
hot spotsof deep-sea biota to depths of ~ 2000 m. Some corals were living below the carbonate saturation horizon. Extensive coral graveyards found at ~ 700 and ~ 1700 m are between ~ 18 000 and ~ 30 000 years old, indicating these corals flourished during the last ice age. Anthropogenic carbon detected within the upper ~ 800 m highlights the increasing threat of climate change to deep-sea ecosystems.
Sarik Salim, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Rafael Tinoco, Giovanni Coco, Yasha Hetzel, Sarath Wijeratne, and Ravindra Jayaratne
Earth Surf. Dynam., 5, 399–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-399-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-399-2017, 2017
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The aim of this paper was to verify the existence of a mean critical velocity concept in terms of turbulent bursting phenomena. Laboratory experiments were undertaken in a unidirectional current flume where an acoustic Doppler velocimeter was used. Results in the laboratory conditions both above and below the measured mean critical velocity highlighted the need to re-evaluate the accuracy of a single time-averaged critical velocity for the initiation of sediment entrainment.
Peter R. Oke, Roger Proctor, Uwe Rosebrock, Richard Brinkman, Madeleine L. Cahill, Ian Coghlan, Prasanth Divakaran, Justin Freeman, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Moninya Roughan, Paul A. Sandery, Amandine Schaeffer, and Sarath Wijeratne
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The Marine Virtual Laboratory (MARVL) is designed to help ocean modellers hit the ground running. Usually, setting up an ocean model involves a handful of technical steps that time and effort. MARVL provides a user-friendly interface that allows users to choose what options they want for their model, including the region, time period, and input data sets. The user then hits "go", and MARVL does the rest – delivering a "take-away bundle" that contains all the files needed to run the model.
J. Reisser, B. Slat, K. Noble, K. du Plessis, M. Epp, M. Proietti, J. de Sonneville, T. Becker, and C. Pattiaratchi
Biogeosciences, 12, 1249–1256, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1249-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1249-2015, 2015
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Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurfd-2-215-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurfd-2-215-2014, 2014
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EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-616, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-616, 2025
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Katsuro Katsumata, Shigeru Aoki, Kay I. Ohshima, and Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai
Ocean Sci., 21, 419–436, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-419-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-419-2025, 2025
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Ship-based observations provide data of seawater properties like temperature, salinity, nutrients, and various gases, but some important world oceans have still not been covered. A voyage in 2019/20 in the southwest Indian Ocean along approximately 55° E from 30° S to Antarctica attempted to fill one such data-sparse region. The measured cross section of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and accompanying eddies demonstrates various oceanic behaviours including fronts and eddy mixing.
Estel Font, Sebastiaan Swart, Puthenveettil Narayana Vinayachandran, and Bastien Y. Queste
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Mode water is formed annually and sits between the warm surface water and deeper older waters. In the Arabian Sea, it plays a crucial role in regulating ocean heat and oxygen variability by acting as a doorway between the surface and deeper waters. Using observations and models, we show its formation is primarily driven by atmospheric forcing, though ocean currents, eddies, and biological heating also influence its life cycle. This water mass contributes up to 30% to the region's oxygen content.
Elodie Duyck, Nicholas P. Foukal, and Eleanor Frajka-Williams
Ocean Sci., 21, 241–260, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-241-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-241-2025, 2025
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This study uses drifters – instruments that follow surface ocean currents – to investigate the pathways of Arctic origin waters that enter the North Atlantic west of Greenland. It shows that these waters remain close to the coast as they flow over the Labrador shelf and only spread into the open ocean south of the Labrador Sea. These results contribute to better understanding how the North Atlantic will be affected by additional freshwater from Greenland and the Arctic in the coming decades.
Lina Eyouni, Zoi Kokkini, Nikolaos D. Zarokanellos, and Burton H. Jones
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3319, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3319, 2024
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This study examines how multiple processes in the Northern Red Sea form the Red Sea Outflow Water and affect biogeochemical fluxes. Using glider data, wind and air-sea flux reanalysis, and satellite observations, it highlights seasonal evolution. Eddy-driven upwelling exposes cool water to heat loss and evaporation, fueling primary productivity. Circulation patterns block inflows, extend cooling, and subduct water into the ocean interior, influencing regional dynamics.
Salar Karam, Céline Heuzé, Mario Hoppmann, and Laura de Steur
Ocean Sci., 20, 917–930, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-917-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-917-2024, 2024
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A long-term mooring array in the Fram Strait allows for an evaluation of decadal trends in temperature in this major oceanic gateway into the Arctic. Since the 1980s, the deep waters of the Greenland Sea and the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic have warmed rapidly at a rate of 0.11°C and 0.05°C per decade, respectively, at a depth of 2500 m. We show that the temperatures of the two basins converged around 2017 and that the deep waters of the Greenland Sea are now a heat source for the Arctic Ocean.
Helene Asbjørnsen, Tor Eldevik, Johanne Skrefsrud, Helen L. Johnson, and Alejandra Sanchez-Franks
Ocean Sci., 20, 799–816, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-799-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-799-2024, 2024
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The Gulf Stream system is essential for northward ocean heat transport. Here, we use observations along the path of the extended Gulf Stream system and an observationally constrained ocean model to investigate variability in the Gulf Stream system since the 1990s. We find regional differences in the variability between the subtropical, subpolar, and Nordic Seas regions, which warrants caution in using observational records at a single latitude to infer large-scale circulation change.
Jing Sheng, Cong Liu, Yanzhen Gu, Peiliang Li, Fangguo Zhai, and Ning Zhou
Ocean Sci., 20, 817–834, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-817-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-817-2024, 2024
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Herlé Mercier, Damien Desbruyères, Pascale Lherminier, Antón Velo, Lidia Carracedo, Marcos Fontela, and Fiz F. Pérez
Ocean Sci., 20, 779–797, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-779-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-779-2024, 2024
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We study the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) measured between Greenland and Portugal between 1993–2021. We identify changes in AMOC limb volume and velocity as two major drivers of AMOC variability at subpolar latitudes. Volume variations dominate on the seasonal timescale, while velocity variations are more important on the decadal timescale. This decomposition proves useful for understanding the origin of the differences between AMOC time series from different analyses.
Romain Caneill, Fabien Roquet, and Jonas Nycander
Ocean Sci., 20, 601–619, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-601-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-601-2024, 2024
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In winter, heat loss increases density at the surface of the Southern Ocean. This increase in density creates a mixed layer deeper than 250 m only in a narrow deep mixing band (DMB) located around 50° S. North of the DMB, the stratification is too strong to be eroded, so mixed layers are shallower. The density of cold water is almost not impacted by temperature changes. Thus, heat loss does not significantly increase the density south of the DMB, so no deep mixed layers are produced.
Harry Bryden, Jordi Beunk, Sybren Drijfhout, Wilco Hazeleger, and Jennifer Mecking
Ocean Sci., 20, 589–599, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-589-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-589-2024, 2024
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Jinling Lu, Ling Du, and Shuhao Tao
Ocean Sci., 19, 1773–1789, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1773-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1773-2023, 2023
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Enrico P. Metzner and Marc Salzmann
Ocean Sci., 19, 1453–1464, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1453-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1453-2023, 2023
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Short summary
We collected observations of the ocean environment at depths over 6000 m in the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, and western Pacific using sensor-equipped landers. We found that trench locations impact the water characteristics over these depths. Moving northward, they generally warmed but differed due to their position along bottom water circulation paths. These insights stress the importance of further research in understanding the environment of these deep regions and their importance.
We collected observations of the ocean environment at depths over 6000 m in the Southern Ocean,...
