Wave Climate and Wave Mixing in the Marginal Ice Zones of Arctic Seas, Observations and Modelling

• Main Authors: Babanin, Alexander V, Young, Ian R, Zieger, S
• Other Authors: SWINBURNE UNIV OF TECHNOLOGY VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Meteorology; *CLIMATOLOGY; ARCTIC OCEAN; FORECASTING; MARGINAL ICE ZONES; MIXING; WATER WAVES; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601182; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601182

The wind/wave climatology for the Arctic Seas will be developed based on altimeter observations. It will have a major scientific and applied significance as presently there is no reference climatology for this region of the ocean available. The new versions of wave models for Beaufort and Chukchi Seas will include new physics that is already under development, and the novel physics presently unavailable. In particular, it is planned to use a wave boundary layer model to replace traditional wind-input parameterisations. The models will be suitable for operational forecast. Altimeter climatology and the wave models will be used to study the current and future wind/wave and ice trends.