Tomographic Observations of Deep Convection and the Thermal Evolution of the Greenland Sea Gyre 1988-1989.

• Main Author: Pawlowicz, Ryszard A.
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Meteorology; *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; *TOMOGRAPHY; *SEA ICE; *GREENLAND SEA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN SURFACE; COMPARISON; THESES; ICE FORMATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE WATERS; CLIMATE; CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER); MIXED LAYER(MARINE); SALINITY; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; STRATIFICATION; MARINE METEOROLOGY; WATER MASSES; DEEP WATER; OPEN WATER; ARCTIC REGIONS; 14; Arctic; Greenland; South Ice; Greenland Sea; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA289104; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA289104

The Greenland Sea Gyre is studied using results from the 1988-89 Greenland Sea Tomography Experiment. Thermal evolution of the gyre center divides into three periods: a preconditioning phase, a deep mixing phase, and a restratification phase. During preconditioning, ice forms and rejects brine into...