Modeling the Seasonal Sea Ice Cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
A mesoscale resolution (5 km) regional ocean model (ROMS), coupled thermodynamically/dynamically to a sea ice model (CICE) and thermodynamically to an ice shelf is used to investigate Ross Sea seasonal sea ice cycle, polynya dynamics, distribution and transformations of continental shelf water masse...
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ftolddominionuni:oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:oeas_etds-1129 2023-05-15T13:57:54+02:00 Modeling the Seasonal Sea Ice Cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica Hûsrevoğlu, Yusuf Sinan 2008-04-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/134 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=oeas_etds unknown ODU Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/oeas_etds/134 https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=oeas_etds In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). OES Theses and Dissertations Antarctic Antarctica Modeling Ross Sea Sea ice Oceanography text 2008 ftolddominionuni 2023-01-16T18:44:26Z A mesoscale resolution (5 km) regional ocean model (ROMS), coupled thermodynamically/dynamically to a sea ice model (CICE) and thermodynamically to an ice shelf is used to investigate Ross Sea seasonal sea ice cycle, polynya dynamics, distribution and transformations of continental shelf water masses, and bottom water formation. Daily atmospheric forcing is from the ECMWF ERA-40 dataset, and for a separate simulation, wind forcing for Terra Nova Bay is substituted from daily automatic weather station (AWS) data. Simulated Ross Sea sea ice concentration reproduces the winter lead opening events observed in the SSM/I signal; however, it underestimates open water area (rmsd ∼20%). Timing and advance of the Ross Sea spring-summer polynya are well captured. No local melting takes place during winter and over two years of simulation, heat loss at the ocean surface is offset 90% by lateral oceanic heat flux. Terra Nova Bay cumulatively produces more than twice the sea ice when forced with AWS winds. Forcing the Terra Nova Bay polynya with weaker winds result in continuous erosion of the High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) layer over the western Ross Sea continental shelf. Enhanced sea ice production and export driven by realistic winds are required to maintain the northward transport of dense shelf water. High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) is formed in and exported from Terra Nova Bay and Ross Sea polynya areas at 0.14 and 0.64 Sv over two years of simulation. The larger area including the coastal polynya regions in the western Ross Sea provides a 1 Sv HSSW source while the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is a sink for about 0.4 Sv. Low Salinity Shelf Water (LSSW) outflow from beneath RIS cavity is 0.60 Sv. Modified Shelf Water (MSW)/Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is abundant over the entire continental shelf, forming the anticyclonic cell over the western Ross Sea. MSW/AABW net off-shelf transport and Modified Circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW)/Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (LCDW) net onshelf transport are 2.23 and 0.7 Sv, respectively. ... Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea Sea ice Old Dominion University: ODU Digital Commons Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea Terra Nova Bay |
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A mesoscale resolution (5 km) regional ocean model (ROMS), coupled thermodynamically/dynamically to a sea ice model (CICE) and thermodynamically to an ice shelf is used to investigate Ross Sea seasonal sea ice cycle, polynya dynamics, distribution and transformations of continental shelf water masses, and bottom water formation. Daily atmospheric forcing is from the ECMWF ERA-40 dataset, and for a separate simulation, wind forcing for Terra Nova Bay is substituted from daily automatic weather station (AWS) data. Simulated Ross Sea sea ice concentration reproduces the winter lead opening events observed in the SSM/I signal; however, it underestimates open water area (rmsd ∼20%). Timing and advance of the Ross Sea spring-summer polynya are well captured. No local melting takes place during winter and over two years of simulation, heat loss at the ocean surface is offset 90% by lateral oceanic heat flux. Terra Nova Bay cumulatively produces more than twice the sea ice when forced with AWS winds. Forcing the Terra Nova Bay polynya with weaker winds result in continuous erosion of the High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) layer over the western Ross Sea continental shelf. Enhanced sea ice production and export driven by realistic winds are required to maintain the northward transport of dense shelf water. High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) is formed in and exported from Terra Nova Bay and Ross Sea polynya areas at 0.14 and 0.64 Sv over two years of simulation. The larger area including the coastal polynya regions in the western Ross Sea provides a 1 Sv HSSW source while the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is a sink for about 0.4 Sv. Low Salinity Shelf Water (LSSW) outflow from beneath RIS cavity is 0.60 Sv. Modified Shelf Water (MSW)/Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is abundant over the entire continental shelf, forming the anticyclonic cell over the western Ross Sea. MSW/AABW net off-shelf transport and Modified Circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW)/Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (LCDW) net onshelf transport are 2.23 and 0.7 Sv, respectively. ... |
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Modeling the Seasonal Sea Ice Cycle in the Ross Sea, Antarctica |
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