Numerical study of winter water formation in the Chukchi Sea : Roles and impacts of coastal polynyas

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Kawaguchi, Yusuke, Tamura, Takeshi, Nishino, Shigeto, Kikuchi, Takashi, Itoh, Motoyo, Mitsudera, Humio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: 452; Arctic; Barrow Canyon; Bering Strait; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; Arctic Basin; canada basin; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/48147; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006606

Winter water formation is examined in the Chukchi Sea for the winters of 1992-2006 using a primitive equation ocean model forced by NCEP wind and surface salinity flux derived from SSM/I thin ice thickness estimates. The model is also forced by an external inflow of 0.8 Sv through the Bering Strait....