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The Influence of Open versus Periodic Alongshore Boundaries on Circulation near Submarine Canyons
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: It is impractical to create gridded numerical models of coastal circulation with sufficient resolution around small topographic features, such as submarine canyons, and still have the alongshore boundaries placed beyond ...
Frontogenesis in the North Pacific Oceanic Frontal Zones—A Numerical Simulation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A primitive equation model [Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory?s (GFDL?s) MOM 2] with one degree horizontal resolution is used to simulate the seasonal cycle of frontogenesis in the subarctic frontal zone (SAFZ) and the ...
On the Role of Coastal Troughs in the Circulation of Warm Circumpolar Deep Water on Antarctic Shelves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ceanic exchanges across the continental shelves of Antarctica play an important role in biological systems and the mass balance of ice sheets. The focus of this study is on the mechanisms responsible for the circulation ...
Sensitivity of Circumpolar Deep Water Transport and Ice Shelf Basal Melt along the West Antarctic Peninsula to Changes in the Winds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ircumpolar Deep Water (CDW) can be found near the continental shelf break around most of Antarctica. Advection of this relatively warm water (up to 2°C) across the continental shelf to the base of floating ice shelves is ...
Effects of Projected Changes in Wind, Atmospheric Temperature, and Freshwater Inflow on the Ross Sea
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractA 5-km horizontal resolution regional ocean?sea ice?ice shelf model of the Ross Sea is used to examine the effects of changes in wind strength, air temperature, and increased meltwater input on the formation of ...
The Effect of Atmospheric Forcing Resolution on Delivery of Ocean Heat to the Antarctic Floating Ice Shelves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ceanic melting at the base of the floating Antarctic ice shelves is now thought to be a more significant cause of mass loss for the Antarctic ice sheet than iceberg calving. In this study, a 10-km horizontal-resolution ...