Abstract: A nonlinear, steady-state model of the North Water (NOW), the Arctic's largest polynya, is presented. The model follows in the spirit of the recently developed latent and sensible heat polynya model of Mysak and Huang, but ...

Abstract: This paper presents a model for determining the size and shape of a steady-state latent heat coastal polynya in terms of the following free parameters: 1) the frazil ice production rate (F); 2) the wind stress (τ); 3) the ...