Maintenance of the Arctic Ocean large-scale baroclinic structure by the M2 tide |
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Authors: | IGORV POLYAKOV |
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Institution: | Igor V. Polyakov, Arctic Antarctic Research Institute, 38 Bering St., St. Petersburg 199397, Russia. |
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Abstract: | A three-dimensional structure of the M2 tidal currents has been reproduced by mathematical modelling. The possibility of energy transfer from the tidal barotropic motion to large-scale baroclinic circulation of the Arctic Ocean has been estimated. It has been shown that the bottom relief plays an important role in the formation of the large-scale pattern of the baroclinic fields. The hypothesis has been proposed that the M2 tide may support the near-slope convection of the East-Siberian and Laptev seas. Polar Research 13 (2), 219–232 |
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