Ice-Ocean Dynamics During Ice Formation
Abstract
This project enhanced one of the main objectives of the SeaState Program, namely the study of feedbacks between the upper ocean and ice formation, by collecting high resolution observations of temperature and salinity near the ice edge. The SeaState Departmental Research Initiative investigated mechanisms driving and modulating ice formation during the late summer ice formation as a function of surface conditions and forcing. Coincident with surface flux and wave measurements, we used an underway temperature and salinity profiling system (uCTD) to characterize the conditions of the upper ocean. With the other measurements planned in the field program, this provided estimates of the ocean heat content, and allow us to study the evolution of fresh water lenses isolating the ice edge from the open water during most of the melt season, and affecting ice formation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 27, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1055044
Entities
People
- Luc Rainville
Organizations
- University of Washington