A Study of the Large Scale Circulation and Water Mass Formation in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean.

In this thesis, production of dense water that feeds the dense overflows across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge has been considered. A new circulation scheme is developed which is consistent with the water masses, currents and air-sea fluxes in the region, and with the important observation that the de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mauritzen, Cecilie
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1994
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*ARCTIC OCEAN
VELOCITY
HEAT TRANSFER
DENSITY
THESES
MASS FLOW
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SALINITY
AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
HEAT FLUX
BARENTS SEA
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WATER MASSES
OCEAN RIDGES
GREENLAND SEA
ICELAND
*OCEAN CIRCULATION
NORDIC SEA
CONSERVATION LAWS
GYRES
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Greenland
Greenland Sea
Greenland-Scotland Ridge
Iceland
Nordic Sea
Nordic Seas
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA296677
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Summary:In this thesis, production of dense water that feeds the dense overflows across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge has been considered. A new circulation scheme is developed which is consistent with the water masses, currents and air-sea fluxes in the region, and with the important observation that the dense overflows show little or no seasonal or interannual variability. An inverse box model has been constructed that shows that the new circulation scheme is consistent with conservation statements for mass, heat and salt as well. (MM)

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