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A Numerical Model of the Weddell Sea: Large Scale Circulation and Water Mass Distribution

Aike Beckmann, Hartmut H. Hellmer, Ralph Timmermann

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A circumpolar model for regional studies of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation of theSouthern Ocean is described. A first series of numerical experiments focusses on the WeddellSea. The results of 20-year integrations are compared to observations. Artificial passive tracersand Lagrangian floats are used to determine the pathways and time scales of water massspreading in the model. The effect of the sub-ice shelf forcing on the water mass characteristicsis evaluated.

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A circumpolar model for regional studies of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation of theSouthern Ocean is described. A first series of numerical experiments focusses on the WeddellSea. The results of 20-year integrations are compared to observations. Artificial passive tracersand Lagrangian floats are used to determine the pathways and time scales of water massspreading in the model. The effect of the sub-ice shelf forcing on the water mass characteristicsis evaluated.

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A circumpolar model for regional studies of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation of theSouthern Ocean is described. A first series of numerical experiments focusses on the WeddellSea. The results of 20-year integrations are compared to observations. Artificial passive tracersand Lagrangian floats are used to determine the pathways and time scales of water massspreading in the model. The effect of the sub-ice shelf forcing on the water mass characteristicsis evaluated.

Key concepts: Circumpolar deep water, Weddell Sea Bottom Water, Antarctic Bottom Water, Water mass, Ocean gyre, Geology, Ice shelf, Oceanography

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