Numerical study of winter water formation in the Chukchi Sea: Roles and impacts of coastal polynyas

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Kawaguchi, Y, Tamura, T, Nishino, S, Kikuchi, T, Itoh, M, Mitsudera, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2011
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Arctic; Barrow Canyon; Bering Strait; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Shelf; Arctic Basin; canada basin; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006606; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/76869

Winter water formation is examined in the Chukchi Sea for the winters of 1992C2006using a primitive equation ocean model forced by NCEP wind and surface salinity fluxderived from SSM/I thin ice thickness estimates. The model is also forced by an externalinflow of 0.8 Sv through the Bering Strait. Th...