Wintertime Water Mass Transformation in the Labrador Sea

To understand better the dynamics of open-ocean convection and ultimately improve its parameterization in large-scale numerical models. To meet this goal we need to understand the basin-scale setting as well as the details of the overturning. On the large-scale, the main objective is to determine th...

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Main Author: Pickart, Robert S.
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA DEPT OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Fluid Mechanics
Thermodynamics
*LABRADOR SEA
*CONVECTION
*WATER MASSES
TRANSFORMATIONS
OCEAN BASINS
LAYERS
OCEAN CURRENTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
WINTER
BASIN SCALE SETTING
ARI(ACCELERATED RESEARCH INITIATIVE)
INTERIOR BASIN
RIM CURRENT SYSTEM
Ari
Labrador Sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA532438
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA532438
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Summary:To understand better the dynamics of open-ocean convection and ultimately improve its parameterization in large-scale numerical models. To meet this goal we need to understand the basin-scale setting as well as the details of the overturning. On the large-scale, the main objective is to determine the circulation in which the convection is embedded and distinguish the roles of the different water masses. On the small scale, the aim is to characterize the "macroscopic" mixed-layer structure as well as the "microscopic" variability within the layers, and put this structure into a consistent dynamical framework. See also ADM002252. The original document contains color images.

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