Factors Reducing Efficiency of the Operational Oceanographic Forecast Systems in the Arctic Basin
Reliability of the forecasted fields in the Arctic Basin is limited by a number of problems resulting, in the first turn, from lack of operational information. Due to the ice cover, satellite data on the sea level and the sea surface temperature is either completely not available or partially access...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2b63c77392c64fdf808100571037ed89 2023-05-15T14:29:09+02:00 Factors Reducing Efficiency of the Operational Oceanographic Forecast Systems in the Arctic Basin V.N. Belokopytov 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.22449/1573-160X-2017-2-19-24 https://doaj.org/article/2b63c77392c64fdf808100571037ed89 EN eng Federal State Budget Scientific Institution «Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS» http://physical-oceanography.ru/repository/2017/2/en_201702_03.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1573-160X doi:10.22449/1573-160X-2017-2-19-24 1573-160X https://doaj.org/article/2b63c77392c64fdf808100571037ed89 Physical Oceanography, Iss 2, Pp 19-24 (2017) Arctic operational oceanography ocean monitoring thermohaline structure Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.22449/1573-160X-2017-2-19-24 2022-12-30T20:50:02Z Reliability of the forecasted fields in the Arctic Basin is limited by a number of problems resulting, in the first turn, from lack of operational information. Due to the ice cover, satellite data on the sea level and the sea surface temperature is either completely not available or partially accessible in summer. The amount of CTD measuring systems functioning in the operational mode (3 – 5 probes) is not sufficient. The number of the temperature-profiling buoys the probing depth of which is limited to 60 m, is not enough for the Arctic as well. Lack of spatial resolution of the available altimetry information (14 km), as compared to the Rossby radius in the Arctic Ocean (2 – 12 km), requires a thorough analysis of the forecasting system practical goals. The basic factor enhancing reliability of the oceanographic forecast consists in the fact that the key oceanographic regions, namely the eastern parts of the Norwegian and Greenland seas, the Barents Sea and the Chukchi Sea including the Bering Strait (where the Atlantic and Pacific waters flow in and transform, and the halocline structure is formed) are partially or completely free of ice and significantly better provided with operational information. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Basin Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Chukchi Sea Greenland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Arctic Ocean Barents Sea Chukchi Sea Bering Strait Greenland Pacific Physical Oceanography 2 |
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Reliability of the forecasted fields in the Arctic Basin is limited by a number of problems resulting, in the first turn, from lack of operational information. Due to the ice cover, satellite data on the sea level and the sea surface temperature is either completely not available or partially accessible in summer. The amount of CTD measuring systems functioning in the operational mode (3 – 5 probes) is not sufficient. The number of the temperature-profiling buoys the probing depth of which is limited to 60 m, is not enough for the Arctic as well. Lack of spatial resolution of the available altimetry information (14 km), as compared to the Rossby radius in the Arctic Ocean (2 – 12 km), requires a thorough analysis of the forecasting system practical goals. The basic factor enhancing reliability of the oceanographic forecast consists in the fact that the key oceanographic regions, namely the eastern parts of the Norwegian and Greenland seas, the Barents Sea and the Chukchi Sea including the Bering Strait (where the Atlantic and Pacific waters flow in and transform, and the halocline structure is formed) are partially or completely free of ice and significantly better provided with operational information. |
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Factors Reducing Efficiency of the Operational Oceanographic Forecast Systems in the Arctic Basin |
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Factors Reducing Efficiency of the Operational Oceanographic Forecast Systems in the Arctic Basin |
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