Arctic Mixed Layer Dynamics

• Main Author: Morison, James H.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Fluid Mechanics; Thermodynamics; *SEA ICE; *MIXED LAYER(MARINE); *DYNAMICS; *HYDROGRAPHY; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *THERMODYNAMICS; MIXING; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SALINITY; MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; OSCILLATION; WORKSHOPS; RUSSIA; MELTING; LOW PRESSURE; COASTAL REGIONS; THICKNESS; FUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE; MAKAROV BASIN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; HALOCLINE; *ARCTIC CHANGE; VARIABILITY; SHEBA(SURFACE HEAT BUDGET OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN); EOF(EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS); NAO(NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION); AO(ARCTIC OSCILLATION); UPPER OCEAN; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Makarov Basin; Ice; Lomonosov Ridge; makarov basin; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; permafrost; Sea ice; Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA535045; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA535045

Our long term goal is to understand the dynamic and thermodynamic processes causing changes in the velocity and density structure of the upper Arctic Ocean. For example we seek to understand the heat and mass balance of the mixed layer. In light of recent changes in the upper ocean structure, our long-term goals are shifting partly toward a better understanding of large scale changes and their connection to global scale forcing. See also ADM002252. The original document contains color images.