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Arctic mass, freshwater and heat fluxes: methods and modelled seasonal variability

Author(s) -

Sheldon Bacon,

Yevgeny Aksenov,

Stephen Andrew Fawcett,

Gurvan Madec

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074

H-Index - 169

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2014.0169

Subject(s) - environmental science , arctic , the arctic , climatology , volume (thermodynamics) , heat flux , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , oceanography , heat transfer , thermodynamics , geology , geography , physics

Considering the Arctic Ocean (including sea ice) as a defined volume, we develop equations describing the time-varying fluxes of mass, heat and freshwater (FW) into, and storage of those quantities within, that volume. The seasonal cycles of fluxes and storage of mass, heat and FW are quantified and illustrated using output from a numerical model. The meanings of 'reference values' and FW fluxes are discussed, and the potential for error through the use of arbitrary reference values is examined.

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