Modeling the Formation and Offshore Transport of Dense Shelf Water From High-Latitude Coastal Polynyas

• Main Authors: Chapman, David C, Gawarkiewicz, Glen
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *COASTAL REGIONS; *CONTINENTAL SHELVES; *DENSITY; ARCTIC REGIONS; CIRCULATION; EDDIES(FLUID MECHANICS); EDDY CURRENTS; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH LATITUDES; HYPOTHESES; ICE OPENINGS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; MOTION; OFFSHORE; SALINITY; SEA WATER; SKILLS; TEST AND EVALUATION; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT; WATER; WIND; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Shelf; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA629850; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA629850

LONG-TERM GOALS. Our long-term goal is to understand the role that dense water, formed on high-latitude continental shelves, plays in the thermohaline circulation of the Arctic Ocean and the maintenance of the mean hydrographic structure of the deep Arctic basins, e.g. the upper halocline. OBJECTIVE...