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Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-293-2024
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 2
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14 Mar 2024
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2024

Fjord circulation permits a persistent subsurface water mass in a long, deep mid-latitude inlet

Laura Bianucci, Jennifer M. Jackson, Susan E. Allen, Maxim V. Krassovski, Ian J. W. Giesbrecht, and Wendy C. Callendar

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While the deeper waters in the coastal ocean show signs of climate-change-induced warming and deoxygenation, some fjords can keep cool and oxygenated waters in the subsurface. We use a model to investigate how these subsurface waters created during winter can linger all summer in Bute Inlet, Canada. We found two main mechanisms that make this fjord retentive: the typical slow subsurface circulation in such a deep, long fjord and the further speed reduction when the cold waters are present.
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