The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay
The transports of mass, heat, and salt through the Arctic Archipelago are estimated by two different approaches. First: A baroclinic, rotationally controlled flow is assumed through the Arctic Archipelago and the Davis Strait, with all passages transporting at maximum capacity. Second: Mass. salt, a...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2501 2023-05-15T14:28:39+02:00 The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay Rudels, Bert 1986-01-12 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2501 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i2.6929 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2501/5752 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2501 doi:10.3402/polar.v4i2.6929 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 4 No. 2 (1986); 161-180 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1986 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i2.6929 2021-11-11T19:12:43Z The transports of mass, heat, and salt through the Arctic Archipelago are estimated by two different approaches. First: A baroclinic, rotationally controlled flow is assumed through the Arctic Archipelago and the Davis Strait, with all passages transporting at maximum capacity. Second: Mass. salt, and energy balances are considered for the upper 'cold core' in Baffin Bay. The mass transport in the first case decreases and in the second case increases with increasing salinity in the Beaufort Sea. It is thus possible to determine a salinity at which both approaches give the same mass transport. The outflow in the upper layers is estimated at 0.7. l09 kg s-1 with a salinity of 32.9. The amount of water from the Polar Ocean entering the deeper (Atlantic) layer in Baffin Bay is more difficult to assess. A tentative value of 0.3. l09 kg s-1 with a salinity of 34.3 is proposed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Archipelago Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Beaufort Sea Davis Strait Polar Research Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Baffin Bay Polar Research 4 2 161 180 |
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The transports of mass, heat, and salt through the Arctic Archipelago are estimated by two different approaches. First: A baroclinic, rotationally controlled flow is assumed through the Arctic Archipelago and the Davis Strait, with all passages transporting at maximum capacity. Second: Mass. salt, and energy balances are considered for the upper 'cold core' in Baffin Bay. The mass transport in the first case decreases and in the second case increases with increasing salinity in the Beaufort Sea. It is thus possible to determine a salinity at which both approaches give the same mass transport. The outflow in the upper layers is estimated at 0.7. l09 kg s-1 with a salinity of 32.9. The amount of water from the Polar Ocean entering the deeper (Atlantic) layer in Baffin Bay is more difficult to assess. A tentative value of 0.3. l09 kg s-1 with a salinity of 34.3 is proposed. |
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Rudels, Bert The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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The outflow of polar water through the Arctic Archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in Baffin Bay |
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outflow of polar water through the arctic archipelago and the oceanographic conditions in baffin bay |
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Polar Research; Vol. 4 No. 2 (1986); 161-180 1751-8369 |
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