Arctic mass, freshwater and heat fluxes: methods and modelled seasonal variability

Considering the Arctic Ocean (including sea ice) as a defined volume, we develop equations describing the time-varying fluxes of mass, heat and freshwater (FW) into, and storage of those quantities within, that volume. The seasonal cycles of fluxes and storage of mass, heat and FW are quantified and...

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Published in:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Main Authors: Bacon, Sheldon, Aksenov, Yevgeny, Fawcett, Stephen, Madec, Gurvan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Marine Sciences
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Sea ice
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511794/
https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511794/1/Bacon-PhilTrans-2015-postprint.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0169
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Summary:Considering the Arctic Ocean (including sea ice) as a defined volume, we develop equations describing the time-varying fluxes of mass, heat and freshwater (FW) into, and storage of those quantities within, that volume. The seasonal cycles of fluxes and storage of mass, heat and FW are quantified and illustrated using output from a numerical model. The meanings of ‘reference values’ and FW fluxes are discussed, and the potential for error through the use of arbitrary reference values is examined.

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