The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait
A 1/12th-degree, pan-Arctic ice-ocean numerical model is used to better understand the circulation and exchanges in the Bering Sea. Understanding the physical oceanography of the Bering Sea is significant for the U.S. Navy due to the expected increase in ship traffic and exploration of natural resou...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/10780 2024-06-09T07:38:06+00:00 The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait Kinney, Jaclyn Clement Maslowski, Wieslaw Oceanography 2011-03 xviii, 142 p. : col. maps 28 cm. application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/10780 unknown Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School https://hdl.handle.net/10945/10780 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. Bering Sea Physical Oceanography Polar Oceanography Arctic Oceanography Eddies Thesis 2011 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T00:40:11Z A 1/12th-degree, pan-Arctic ice-ocean numerical model is used to better understand the circulation and exchanges in the Bering Sea. Understanding the physical oceanography of the Bering Sea is significant for the U.S. Navy due to the expected increase in ship traffic and exploration of natural resources that will likely coincide with the ongoing retreat of sea ice in the Western Arctic. This model represents a large step forward in the ability to simulate the mesoscale eddies and meanders in the Alaskan Stream and the deep Bering Sea basin, which are shown to exert a strong control on the flow into and out of the western Aleutian Island passes. Model results show that upwelling of deep Bering Sea water, which is the primary source of nutrients for important ecosystems of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas, is enhanced by the presence of cyclonic eddies in the vicinity of canyons along the slope. High values of eddy kinetic energy in Bering and Anadyr straits help explain the areas of high biological productivity located just downstream in the Chirikov Basin and north of Bering Strait. Model results show significant horizontal and vertical shear in the flow through Bering Strait, and indicate a need for more observations of the flow structure on a continuous basis. http://archive.org/details/theberingsecommu1094510780 Thesis Aleutian Island Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Sea ice Subarctic Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Anadyr ENVELOPE(177.510,177.510,64.734,64.734) Anadyr’ ENVELOPE(176.233,176.233,64.882,64.882) Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait |
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A 1/12th-degree, pan-Arctic ice-ocean numerical model is used to better understand the circulation and exchanges in the Bering Sea. Understanding the physical oceanography of the Bering Sea is significant for the U.S. Navy due to the expected increase in ship traffic and exploration of natural resources that will likely coincide with the ongoing retreat of sea ice in the Western Arctic. This model represents a large step forward in the ability to simulate the mesoscale eddies and meanders in the Alaskan Stream and the deep Bering Sea basin, which are shown to exert a strong control on the flow into and out of the western Aleutian Island passes. Model results show that upwelling of deep Bering Sea water, which is the primary source of nutrients for important ecosystems of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas, is enhanced by the presence of cyclonic eddies in the vicinity of canyons along the slope. High values of eddy kinetic energy in Bering and Anadyr straits help explain the areas of high biological productivity located just downstream in the Chirikov Basin and north of Bering Strait. Model results show significant horizontal and vertical shear in the flow through Bering Strait, and indicate a need for more observations of the flow structure on a continuous basis. http://archive.org/details/theberingsecommu1094510780 |
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The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait |
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The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait |
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The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait |
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The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait |
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The Bering Sea : communication with the Western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through Bering Strait |
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bering sea : communication with the western subarctic gyre, mesoscale activity, shelf-basin exchange, and the flow through bering strait |
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
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Anadyr Anadyr’ Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait |
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Anadyr Anadyr’ Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait |
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Aleutian Island Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Sea ice Subarctic |
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Aleutian Island Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Sea ice Subarctic |
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. |
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