Analysis of a dense water pulse following mid-winter opening of polynyas in western Foxe Basin, Canada

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-74

  Defossez, M ^a   Saucier, F J ^a   Myers, P G ^b   Caya, D ^c   Dumais, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Consortium OURANOS ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Brine rejection; Foxe Basin; Gravity current; Heat transfer; Polynyas

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; STREAM FLOW;

BRINE PRODUCTIONS; BRINE REJECTIONS; DEEP CONVECTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; FOXE BASIN; GRAVITY CURRENTS; MELVILLE PENINSULAS; POLYNYAS;

SEA ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BRINE; COASTAL WATER; DENSE WATER; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAVITY FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WINTER;

CANADA; FOXE BASIN; MELVILLE PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 70350583022     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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