An Analytic Model of Observed Small Scale Baroclinic Currents in the Arctic Ocean.

An analytic model is developed of baroclinic currents measured by several investigators under the Arctic Ocean ice cover. A time-dependent, Boussinesq, quasi-geostrophic vorticity equation is developed to describe the flow. Separable normal mode solutions are found which show stationary current patt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Itkin,Richard Ivan
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*Ocean currents
*Arctic Ocean)
Mathematical models
Convection
Stratification
Pressure
Density
Sea ice
Salinity
Boundary value problems
Theses
Baroclinicity
Boussinesq equations
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0769407
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0769407
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Summary:An analytic model is developed of baroclinic currents measured by several investigators under the Arctic Ocean ice cover. A time-dependent, Boussinesq, quasi-geostrophic vorticity equation is developed to describe the flow. Separable normal mode solutions are found which show stationary current patterns qualitatively consistent with observed data. An initial value problem is then formulated using density perturbations at a newly forming lead as a forcing function. (Author)

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