Modeling Wind-Driven Circulation and Landfast Ice-Edge Processes during Polynya Events in Northern Baffin Bay

• Published in: Journal of physical oceanography Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1356 - 1372
• Main Authors: DUMONT, Dany, GRATTON, Yves, ARBETTER, Todd E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Mathematical models; Meteorology; Ocean circulation; Oceanography; Physics of the oceans; Phytoplankton; Primary production; Productivity; Sea ice; Sea level; Spring; Topography; Upwelling; Wind; West Greenland; Baffin Bay; Arctic region; Atlantic Ocean; Arctic Ocean; polar regions; North Atlantic; Greenland Current; Greenland; ANW, Atlantic, Baffin Bay, Smith Sound; ANW, Atlantic, West Greenland Current; ANW, Atlantic, Baffin Bay; PN, Arctic Ocean; ANW, Atlantic, Baffin Bay, North Water Polynya; AN, Greenland; General circulation models; digital simulation; Modeling; Polynya; nutrients; Winter; Severe weather; upwelling; winds; Spring(season); Fixed ice; sea ice; phytoplankton; Ice edge; plankton; Polar region; climate change; high resolution; Sea ice ocean model; Drift current; Dynamical climatology; Cyclonic eddy; ecosystems; primary productivity; sea level

Abstract A high-resolution sea ice–ocean numerical model of the North Water polynya has been developed to study the wind-driven circulation during polynya events. An idealized three-layer stratified ocean is used to initialize the model to characterize the baroclinic response to realistic wind and i...