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| Titel |
The Effect of Gale Force Winds on the Ice/Ocean Surface in the Vicinity of Northern Greenland. |
| VerfasserIn |
Amber Holdsworth, Paul Myers |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2016
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
| Datensatznummer |
250125572
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-5164.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Using a relatively high resolution atmospheric reforecast dataset we present a climatology of
the winds in regions over Fram Strait, Smith Sound and north of Ellesmere Island from
2002–2010 and examine the impact of these GFWEs using an eddy permitting configuration
of the coupled ocean/sea-ice NEMO model. In these regions wind speeds over the ocean
episodically reached gale force intensity (17 m/s) or higher. We show that these events
occurred most frequently in the wintertime and can alter the exchange of heat between the
atmosphere and ocean, deepen the mixed layer, influence freshwater and volume
transports out of the Arctic and lead to ice formation, convergence and divergence. |
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