Dynamics of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago throughflow: A numerical study with a finite element sea ice and ocean model

• Main Author: Wekerle, Claudia
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Universitaet Bremen, Alfred-Wegener-Institut 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Lancaster Sound; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Parry Channel; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34179/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34179/1/Dissertation_Wekerle_Oct2013.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42464; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42464.d001

The Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) connects the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay through narrow channels and is one of the key gateways where freshwater leaves the Arctic. It has therefore the potential to affect the deep convection in the northern North Atlantic. Representing the CAA in traditional g...