講題：Why does the Loop Current have seasonal preferences for shedding eddies?
摘要：
The Loop Current is the major source of the Gulf Stream; it carries waters that make up almost all of the upper limb of the meridional overturning circulation of the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, and thus can have significant impact on the global climate. In particular, the heat (and salt) that the Loop Current carries play an important role in regulating the weather and climate of the continental US. The Loop Current is well-known for its highly nonlinear and apparently erratic behavior of shedding warm eddies, yet since the early 60 s (some) oceanographers suspected some seasonal preferences for eddy-shedding. I will explain why this must be so using observational data as well as analytical and numerical model analyses.
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