The evolution of a shallow front in the Arctic marginal ice zone

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Samuel Brenner, Luc Rainville, Jim Thomson, Craig Lee
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioOne 2020
• Subjects: marginal ice zone; submesoscale front; frontogenesis; frontolysis; wind stress; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; The Heel; Beaufort Sea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.413; https://doaj.org/article/bfac8748eaa0484ca46950689dd79484

The high degree of heterogeneity in the ice-ocean-atmosphere system in marginal ice zones leads to a complex set of dynamics which control fluxes of heat and buoyancy in the upper ocean. Strong fronts may occur near the ice edge between the warmer waters of the ice-free regions and the cold, fresh w...