Spatial and seasonal variations of near-inertial kinetic energy in the upper Ross Sea and the controlling factors

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yimin, Yang, Wei, Zhao, Wei, Zhang, Yongli, Shen, Jiawei, Wei, Hao
• Other Authors: National Natural Science Foundation of China
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Austral; Iselin Bank; Ross Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1173900; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1173900/full

The spatial distribution and seasonal variation of near-inertial kinetic energy (NIKE) in the upper Ross Sea (RS) are examined using the 1/4° NEMO3.6-LIM3 sea ice physical–biological coupled model. The annual-mean surface and mixed layer-integrated NIKE have large values at the shelf break around Is...