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Direct measurements of turbulent momentum, heat and salt fluxes under landfast ice in the Baltic Sea
- Source :
- Annals of Glaciology. 44:42-46
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- International Glaciological Society, 2006.
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Abstract
- Measurements of under-ice turbulence were performed using an acoustic three-dimensional current meter with an attached fast-repetition temperature–conductivity sensor at two coastal areas in the Baltic Sea during two winters. Observations covered both the ice-growth and spring-melt periods. The objective of these measurements was to obtain knowledge of under-ice turbulence and oceanic heat and salt fluxes to and from the ice in the coastal fast-ice region using eddy correlation techniques. The maximum observed daily average heat flux was 1 Wm–2, and the maximum for 10 min periods was an order of magnitude larger. Under-ice turbulence was much smaller than that recorded in the oceans and in coastal regions with tide. These results provide better knowledge of under-ice turbulence and heat-flux variations and are useful for the future development of a Baltic Sea ice salinity model.
- Subjects :
- Drift ice
010506 paleontology
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Eddy covariance
Antarctic sea ice
01 natural sciences
Arctic ice pack
Sea ice growth processes
Climatology
Sea ice thickness
Sea ice
Sea ice concentration
Geology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17275644 and 02603055
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Glaciology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........eb0c0dfa1b2fec1ff4d303c98d3ad953