Exchange Processes Near Wide Arctic Canyons and Modeling Exchange Processes Near Wide Arctic Canyons

Understanding across-shelf exchange and shelf dynamics due to wind and buoyancy forcing. The main objective of this project is to describe and physically explain the dominant processes active within the wide Canadian Mackenzie Canyon prior to the onset of winter freezing. More specifically, the proj...

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Main Author: Muenchow, Andreas
Other Authors: RUTGERS - THE STATE UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK NJ INST OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*SUBMARINE CANYONS
*ARCTIC REGIONS
DYNAMICS
CANADA
WIND
CONTINENTAL SHELVES
RICHARDSON NUMBER
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EXCHANGE
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING
MODELS
DENSITY
FRESH WATER
MACKENZIE CANYON(CANADA)
PYCNOCLINES
VERTICAL SHEAR
Arctic
Canada
Curl
Mackenzie Shelf
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA537164
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA537164
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Summary:Understanding across-shelf exchange and shelf dynamics due to wind and buoyancy forcing. The main objective of this project is to describe and physically explain the dominant processes active within the wide Canadian Mackenzie Canyon prior to the onset of winter freezing. More specifically, the project will answer the following questions: (1) Do fresh Mackenzie shelf waters exit preferentially through Mackenzie Canyon? (2) How does the canyon circulation respond to local wind forcing? (3) Does an orographically induced wind-stress curl impact the canyon dynamics? (4) What are the spatial and temporal scales of vortices that populate this canyon? See also ADM002252. The original document contains color images.

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