Modeling the Wind and Buoyancy Driven Circulation and Ice Interaction in the Okhotsk Sea

The main goal of this objective is to use coupled ocean-ice numerical models to study the basin scale ocean circulation and ocean-ice interaction in the Okhotsk Sea, and to examine important processes that maintain the unique oceanographic setting, such as the ODTL in this large marginal sea. We use...

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Main Author: Yang, Jiayan
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*SEA ICE
WIND
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
HYDROGRAPHY
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
OKHOTSK SEA
OKHOTSK DICHOTHERMAL LAYER
ODTL(OKHOTSK DICHOTHERMAL LAYER)
*OCEAN ICE INTERACTIONS
Okhotsk
Ice
okhotsk sea
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA353929
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Summary:The main goal of this objective is to use coupled ocean-ice numerical models to study the basin scale ocean circulation and ocean-ice interaction in the Okhotsk Sea, and to examine important processes that maintain the unique oceanographic setting, such as the ODTL in this large marginal sea. We use a hierarchy of models, from a basin-averaged column model of ocean-ice interactions (Yang and Honjo, 1996) to a 3-D primitive equation ocean general circulation models coupled with a dynamical and thermodynamical sea-ice model. Meanwhile, we have analyzed some unpublished in situ observations (mainly hydrography records from the Japanese Hydrography Office), satellite SSM/I data of sea-ice concentration, and meteorological observations (from Comprehensive Ocean and Atmosphere Data Sets (COADS) and from the Japan Meteorology Agency) to examine ocean-ice interactions and mechanisms for interannual variations.

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