@article{fdi:010058247,
  title = {{C}ontrolling factors of the oxygen balance in the {A}rabian {S}ea's {OMZ}},
  author = {{R}esplandy, {L}. and {L}evy, {M}. and {B}opp, {L}. and {E}chevin, {V}incent and {P}ous, {S}. and {S}arma, {V}vss and {K}umar, {D}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he expansion of {OMZ}s (oxygen minimum zones) due to climate change and their possible evolution and impacts on the ecosystems and the atmosphere are still debated, mostly because of the unability of global climate models to adequatly reproduce the processes governing {OMZ}s. {I}n this study, we examine the factors controlling the oxygen budget, i.e. the equilibrium between oxygen sources and sinks in the northern {A}rabian {S}ea {OMZ} using an eddy-resolving biophysical model. {O}ur model confirms that the biological consumption of oxygen is most intense below the region of highest productivity in the western {A}rabian {S}ea. {T}he oxygen drawdown in this region is counterbalanced by the large supply of oxygenated waters originated from the south and advected horizontally by the western boundary current. {A}lthough the biological sink and the dynamical sources of oxygen compensate on annual average, we find that the seasonality of the dynamical transport of oxygen is 3 to 5 times larger than the seasonality of the biological sink. {I}n agreement with previous findings, the resulting seasonality of oxygen concentration in the {OMZ} is relatively weak, with a variability of the order of 15% of the annual mean oxygen concentration in the oxycline and 5% elsewhere. {T}his seasonality primarily arises from the vertical displacement of the {OMZ} forced by the monsoonal reversal of {E}kman pumping across the basin. {I}n coastal areas, the oxygen concentration is also modulated seasonally by lateral advection. {A}long the western coast of the {A}rabian {S}ea, the {S}omali {C}urrent transports oxygen-rich waters originated from the south during summer and oxygen-poor waters from the northeast during winter. {A}long the eastern coast of the {A}rabian {S}ea, we find that the main contributor to lateral advection in the {OMZ} is the {I}ndian coastal undercurrent that advects southern oxygenated waters during summer and northern low-oxygen waters during winter. {I}n this region, our model indicates that oxygen concentrations are modulated seasonally by coastal {K}elvin waves and westward-propagating {R}ossby waves. {W}hereas on seasonal time scales the sources and sinks of oxygen are dominated by the mean vertical and lateral advection ({E}kman pumping and monsoonal currents), on annual time scales we find that the biological sink is counterbalanced by the supply of oxygen sustained by mesoscale structures (eddies and filaments). {E}ddy-driven advection hence promotes the vertical supply of oxygen along the western coast of the {A}rabian {S}ea and the lateral transport of ventilated waters offshore the coast of {O}man and southwest {I}ndia.},
  keywords = {{ARABIE} {MER}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iogeosciences},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {5095--5109},
  ISSN = {1726-4170},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.5194/bg-9-5095-2012},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058247},
}