A relationship between heat transfer to sea ice and temperature-salinity properties of Arctic Ocean waters

It is demonstrated that the characteristic temperature-salinity relationship shown by thermocline waters of the Arctic Ocean can be reproduced using a simple model based on transfer of heat directly from these waters to sea ice. From this we deduce that there is direct sensible heat flux from waters...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Geophysical Research
Main Authors: Moore, R. M., Wallace, DWR
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Marine
Ocean-ice-atmosphere system
Sea ice
Heat budget
Mathematical models
Salinity
Arctic
Polar oceanography
Heat transfer
Water temperature
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10222/27116
https://doi.org/10.1029/JC093iC01p00565
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Summary:It is demonstrated that the characteristic temperature-salinity relationship shown by thermocline waters of the Arctic Ocean can be reproduced using a simple model based on transfer of heat directly from these waters to sea ice. From this we deduce that there is direct sensible heat flux from waters of Atlantic origin to the ice cover, such interaction could play a major role in determining the physical properties of Arctic water masses.

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