Laboratory Studies of Exchange Between a Polar and a Subpolar Basin

• Main Author: Hunkins, Kenneth
• Other Authors: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY PALISADES NY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *OCEAN BASINS; *OCEAN MODELS; ARCTIC OCEAN; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; EXCHANGE; FLOW; GREENLAND SEA; PATTERNS; WALLS; WIND STRESS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; *Global climate change; Component Reports; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fairbanks; Greenland; Curl; Climate change; Greenland Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007303; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007303

Experiments on the exchange of a freshwater surface layer between two basins in a rotating tank demonstrate the contrasting roles of wind and buoyancy forces. Buoyancy-driven exchange occurs primarily in narrow boundary currents along the walls. Wind-driven exchange has a complex flow pattern with n...