A Study of the Large Scale Circulation and Water Mass Formation in the Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean.

Abstract

In this thesis, production of dense water that feeds the dense overflows across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge has been considered. A new circulation scheme is developed which is consistent with the water masses, currents and air-sea fluxes in the region, and with the important observation that the dense overflows show little or no seasonal or interannual variability. An inverse box model has been constructed that shows that the new circulation scheme is consistent with conservation statements for mass, heat and salt as well. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA296677

Entities

People

  • Cecilie Mauritzen

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Chemistry
  • Data Sets
  • Geography
  • Greenland Sea
  • Heat Energy
  • North Atlantic Current
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Norwegian Sea
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies