Dynamics of Wind and Buoyancy Forced Motions on the Beaufort Shelf

• Main Author: Munchow, Andreas
• Other Authors: RUTGERS - THE STATE UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK NJ INST OF MARINE AND COASTAL SCIENCE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Fluid Mechanics; *BUOYANCY; *CONTINENTAL SHELVES; *WIND; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; DYNAMICS; LAYERS; WIND FORCING. BUOYANCY FORCING; EKMAN LAYER; BASE(BEAUFORT ARCTIC STORMS EXPERIMENT); Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Shelf; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA628037; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA628037

The long-term goal is the understanding of inner shelf dynamics impacted by both wind and buoyancy forcing. The input of fresh water from Siberian and Canadian rivers impacts the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean as well as the dispersal of sediments, pollutants, and contaminants. The physical processes of buoyancy and wind driven motions on shelves an Ekman layer depth deep are poorly understood both in the Arctic and at mid-latitudes. The main objective of this project is to describe and physically explain the dominant processes on the Canadian Mackenzie shelf prior to the onset of winter freezing.