On the parameterisation of oceanic sensible heat loss to the atmosphere and to ice in an ice-covered mixed layer in winter

• Main Authors: Rudels, B., Friedrich, H. J., Hainbucher, D., Lohmann, Gerrit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Greenland; Maud Rise; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10972/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/10972/1/Rud1999d.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.21436; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.21436.d001

In high-latitude oceans with seasonal ice cover, the ice and the low-salinity mixed layer form an interacting barrier for the heat flux from the ocean to the atmosphere. The presence of a less dense surface layer allows ice to form, and the ice cover reduces the heat loss to the atmosphere. The ice...