A wind-driven, hybrid latent and sensible heat coastal polynya off Barrow, Alaska

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Hirano, D, Fukamachi, Y, Watanabe, E, Ohshima, KI, Iwamoto, K, Mahoney, AR, Eicken, H, Simizu, D, Tamura, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Barrow Canyon; Barrow; Chukchi; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011318; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/114488

The nature of the Barrow Coastal Polynya (BCP), which forms episodically off the Alaska coast in winter, is examined using mooring data, atmospheric reanalysis data, and satellite-derived sea-ice concentration and production data. We focus on oceanographic conditions such as water mass distribution...