Bottom water formation as a primer for spring-blooms on Spitsbergenbanken?

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-247

  Lien, Vidar S ^a,b   Ådlandsvik, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Biophysical processes; Numerical model; Polar Front; Spring bloom dynamics

Indexed keywords

BARENTS SEA; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESS; BRINE REJECTIONS; ICE FORMATIONS; NUMERICAL OCEAN MODELING; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POLAR FRONT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS; SEA ICE;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOPHYSICS; BOTTOM WATER; BRINE; DENSE WATER; INSOLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); STRATIFICATION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; SPITSBERGENBANKEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84889064468     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alver M.O., Hancke K., Sakshaug E., Slagstad D. "A spectrally-resolved light propagation model for aquatic systems: steps toward parameterizing primary production". J. Mar. Syst. 2014, 130:134-146. (this issue).
2. Årthun M., Ingvaldsen R.B., Smedsrud L.H., Schrum C. Dense water formation and circulation in the Barents Sea. Deep-Sea Res. I 2011, 58:801-817.
3. Budgell W.P. Numerical simulation of ice-ocean variability in the Barents Sea region; Towards dynamical downscaling. Ocean Dyn. 2005, 55:370-387.
4. Chapman D.C. Numerical treatment of cross-shelf open boundaries in a barotropic coastal ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 1985, 15:1060-1075.
5. Engelsen O., Hegseth E.N., Hop H., Hansen E., Falk-Petersen S. Spatial variability of chlorophyll-a in the Marginal Ice Zone of the Barents Sea, with relations to sea ice and oceanographic conditions. J. Mar. Syst. 2002, 35:79-97.
6. Fer I., Drinkwater K.F. Mixing in the Barents Sea Polar Front near Hopen in spring. J. Mar. Syst. 2014, 130:206-218. (this issue).
7. Flather R.A. A tidal model of the northwest European continental shelf. Mem. Soc. Roy. Sci. Liege 1976, 6(10):141-164.
8. Haidvogel D.B., Arango H.G., Budgell W.P., Cornuelle B.D., Curchitser E., Di Lorenzo E., Fennel K., Geyer W.R., Hermann A.J., Lanerolle L., Levin J., McWilliams J.C., Miller A.J., Moore A.M., Powell T.M., Shchepetkin A.F., Sherwood C.R., Signell R.P., Warner J.C., Wilkin J. Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System. J. Comput. Phys. 2008, 227(7):3595-3624.
9. Johannessen O.M., Foster L.A. Note on topographically controlled oceanic polar front in Barents Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 1978, 83:4567-4571.
10. Kowalik Z., Proshutinsky A.Yu. Topographic enhancement of tidal motion in the western Barents Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 1995, 100:2613-2637.
11. Loeng H. Features of the physical oceanographic conditions of the Barents Sea. Polar Res. 1991, 10(1):1-18.
12. Loeng H., Drinkwater K.F. An overview of the ecosystems of the Barents and Norwegian Seas and their response to climate variability. Deep-Sea Res. II 2007, 54:2478-2500.
13. Marchesiello P., McWilliams J.C., Shchepetkin A.F. Open boundary conditions for long-term integration of regional ocean models. Ocean Model. 2001, 9:1-20.
14. Mellor G.L., Yamada T. Development of a turbulence closure-model for geophysical fluid problems. Rev. Geophys. 1982, 10(4):851-875.
15. Midttun L. Formation of dense bottom water in the Barents Sea. Deep-Sea Res. A 1985, 32:1233-1241.
16. O'Reilly J.E., Maritorena S., Mitchell B.G., Siegel D.A., Carder K.L., Garver S.A., Kahru M., McClain C. Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFs. J. Geophys. Res. 1998, 103:24937-24953.
17. Olsen A., Johannessen T., Rey F. On the nature of the factors that control spring bloom development at the entrance to the Barents Sea and their interannual variability. Sarsia 2003, 88:379-393.
18. Padman L., Erofeeva S. A barotropic inverse tidal model for the Arctic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004, 31.
19. Parsons A.R., Bourke R.H., Muench R.D., Chiu C.S., Lynch J.F., Miller J.H., Plueddemann A.J., Pawlowicz R. The Barents Sea Polar Front in summer. J. Geophys. Res. 1996, 101:14201-14221.
20. Peters H., Gregg M.C., Toole J.M. Meridional variability of turbulence through the equatorial undercurrent. J. Geophys. Res. 1989, 94:18003-18009.
21. Sakshaug E. Biomass and productivity distributions and their variability in the Barents Sea. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 1997, 54:341-350.
22. Sakshaug E., Slagstad D. Light and productivity of phytoplankton in marine ecosystems: a physiological view. Polar Res. 1991, 10:69-85.
23. Sakshaug E., Johnsen G., Kovacs K. Ecosystem Barents Sea 2009, Tapir, Trondheim.
24. Sarynina R.N. Conditions of origin of Cold Deep-Sea Waters in the Bear Island Channel. Coun. Meet. Int. Coun. Explor. Sea, Symp 1969, 28:1-8.
25. Shapiro I., Colony R., Vinje T. April sea ice extent in the Barents Sea, 1850-2001. Polar Res. 2003, 22:5-10.
26. Shchepetkin A.F., McWilliams J.C. The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following coordinates ocean model. Ocean Model. 2005, 9:347-404.
27. Skartveit A., Olseth J.A. Modelling slope irradiance at high latitudes. Sol. Energy 1986, 36(4):333-344.
28. Skartveit A., Olseth J.A. A model for the diffuse fraction of hourly global radiation. Sol. Energy 1987, 37:271-274.
29. Skern-Mauritzen M., Johannesen E., Bjørge A., Øien N. Baleen whale distributions and prey associations in the Barents Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 2011, 426:289-301.
30. Skogen M.D., Svendsen E., Berntsen J., Aksnes D., Ulvestad K.B. Modeling the primary production in the North Sea using a coupled 3 dimensional Physical Chemical Biological Ocean model. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 1995, 41:545-565.
31. Spreen G., Kaleschke L., Heygster G. Sea ice remote sensing using AMSR-E 89 GHz channels. J. Geophys. Res. 2008, 113:C12003. 10.1029/2005JC003384.
32. Sverdrup H.U. On conditions for the vernal blooming of phytoplankton. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 1953, 18:287-295.
33. Thomson R.E., Fine I.V. Estimating mixed layer depth from oceanic profile data. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol. 2003, 20:319-329.
34. Umlauf L., Burchard H. A generic length-scale equation for geophysical turbulence models. J. Mar. Res. 2003, 61:235-265.
35. Uppala S., Dee D., Kobayashi S., Berrisford P., Simmons A. Towards a climate data assimilation system: status update of ERA-Interim. ECMWF News 2008, 115. 7pp.
36. Vikebø F.B., Husebø Å., Slotte A., Stenevik E.K., Lien V.S. Effect of hatching date, vertical distribution, and interannual variation in physical forcing on northward displacement and temperature conditions of Norwegian spring-spawning herring larvae. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 2010, 67(9):1948-1956.
37. Vinje T., Kvambekk Å.S. Barents Sea drift ice characteristics. Polar Res. 1991, 10(1):59-68.
38. Warner J.C., Geyer W.R. Numerical modelling of an estuary: a comprehensive skill assessment. J. Geophys. Res. 2005, 110.
39. Warner J.C., Sherwood C.R., Arango H.G., Signell R.P. Performance of four turbulence closure methods implemented using generic length scale method. Ocean Modell. 2005, 8:81-113.