The formation and ventilation of an oxygen minimum zone in a simple model for latitudinally alternating zonal jets

Köhn, Eike E.; Greatbatch, Richard J.; Brandt, Peter; Claus, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1281-2024

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1281-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1281-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

Research article

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23 Oct 2024

Research article |

| 23 Oct 2024

The formation and ventilation of an oxygen minimum zone in a simple model for latitudinally alternating zonal jets

Eike E. Köhn, Richard J. Greatbatch, Peter Brandt, and Martin Claus

Data sets

Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis (GLORYS12v1) CMEMS https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00021

Model output and code for the publication “The formation and ventilation of an oxygen minimum zone in a simple model for latitudinally alternating zonal jets” Martin Claus and Eike Köhn https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12085/dd331654-413c-4157-8796-6edf4c4be207

Model code and software

Data Analysis scripts for OMZ ventilation by LAZJs publication Eike E. Köhn https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11447769

Short summary

The latitudinally alternating zonal jets are a ubiquitous feature of the ocean. We use a simple model to illustrate the potential role of these jets in the formation, maintenance, and multidecadal variability in the oxygen minimum zones, using the eastern tropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone as an example.