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

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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.