Abstract: In the northeast Pacific eddies are observed in the salinity and, to a lesser extent, in the thermal anomalies. In particular, a pronounced eddy is frequently observed a few hundred kilometers west of Sitka, Alaska, latitude ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional time-dependent model of a wind-driven coastal polynya is presented. The model combines and extends previous one-dimensional time-dependent and two-dimensional steady-state flux formulations. Given the ...

Abstract: This paper formulates and presents opening solutions of a one-dimensional coastal polynya flux model in which frazil ice is characterized by its depth and concentration. In comparison with polynya flux models in which ...

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 ...

Abstract: One-dimensional models for the closure of a coastal latent heat polynya due to the onshore drift of frazil ice and consolidated ice are presented in this paper. The models predict the width of a polynya during an opening ...