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A numerical model simulation of a summer reversal of the Beaufort Gyre
Author(s) -
Preller Ruth H.,
Posey Pamela G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl016i001p00069
Subject(s) - ocean gyre , beaufort scale , beaufort sea , geology , anticyclone , climatology , sea ice , oceanography , polar , environmental science , subtropics , fishery , biology , physics , astronomy
Ice drift derived from the Polar Ice Prediction System (PIPS) is used to study the sea ice circulation of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas in the late summer. Model simulations for the years 1983, 1986 and 1987 show that the anticyclonic Beaufort Gyre reverses to cyclonic circulation in the late summer. This result is due to a change in the mean atmospheric surface pressure. Drifting buoys from 1983 confirm this reversal of the Beaufort Gyre.