Results of a Finite-Element Sea-Ice Ocean Model (FESOM) set-up to study the interannual to decadal variability in the deep-water formation rates, supplement to: Scholz, Patrick; Lohmann, Gerrit; Wang, Qiang; Danilov, Sergey (2013): Evaluation of a Finite-Element Sea-Ice Ocean Model (FESOM) set-up to study the interannual to decadal variability in the deep-water formation rates. Ocean Dynamics, 63(4), 347-370

The characteristics of a global set-up of the Finite-Element Sea-Ice Ocean Model under forcing of the period 1958-2004 are presented. The model set-up is designed to study the variability in the deep-water mass formation areas and was therefore regionally better resolved in the deep-water formation...

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Main Authors: Scholz, Patrick, Lohmann, Gerrit, Wang, Qiang, Danilov, Sergey
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
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Weddell Sea
Ross Sea
Greenland
Weddell
Greenland Sea
Labrador Sea
North Atlantic Deep Water
North Atlantic
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.816370
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.816370
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Summary:The characteristics of a global set-up of the Finite-Element Sea-Ice Ocean Model under forcing of the period 1958-2004 are presented. The model set-up is designed to study the variability in the deep-water mass formation areas and was therefore regionally better resolved in the deep-water formation areas in the Labrador Sea, Greenland Sea, Weddell Sea and Ross Sea. The sea-ice model reproduces realistic sea-ice distributions and variabilities in the sea-ice extent of both hemispheres as well as sea-ice transport that compares well with observational data. Based on a comparison between model and ocean weather ship data in the North Atlantic, we observe that the vertical structure is well captured in areas with a high resolution. In our model set-up, we are able to simulate decadal ocean variability including several salinity anomaly events and corresponding fingerprint in the vertical hydrography. The ocean state of the model set-up features pronounced variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as well as the associated mixed layer depth pattern in the North Atlantic deep-water formation areas.

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