Publication Date:
1984-01-01
Description:
The dynamic-thermodynamic model of sea ice due to Hibler (1979) has been adapted for simulations of the Baffin Bay pack. The simulations were carried out for wind fields characteristic of the more common synoptic situations for July, the ice conditions of July 1969 being taken as typical of this month to initialize the model. Average long-term currents were also used. The modelled ice characteristics were consistent with expected results for the forcing fields and rheology of the ice. A comparison of advectional ice losses through Davis Strait with the melt in situ shows the melt to be an order of magnitude larger. However, the melt alone cannot clear the ice out of Baffin Bay. It seems that the mechanism for this process involves a slow consistent melt coupled with a short period of northwesterly winds.
Print ISSN:
0260-3055
Electronic ISSN:
1727-5644
Topics:
Geography
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Geosciences