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Universal Journal of Geoscience(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(3), pp. 150 - 153
DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2013.010305
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Numerical Modelling of large-scale Dynamics of the White Sea
Ilya Chernov *
Institute of Applied Math Research, Petrozavodsk, 185910, Russia
ABSTRACT
In the paper we describe the numerical model of large-scale hydro- and thermal dynamics of the White sea. The model is the model of the Polar ocean by prof. N.G. Iakovlev adapted for the shallow and small White sea. Based on the primitive equations and the finite elements, this model includes mature and effective ice sea model. We show that the numerical simulation agree well with the generally accepted three-dimensional large-scale circulation of the sea, including thermohaline fields, currents, ice drift and thickness distribution. Numerical experiments show that influence of atmospheric forcing perturbations on the dynamics of the sea is not drastic. Changes in air temperature to a few degrees lead to similar changes of the water temperature and only slightly change the distributions of the fields. Complete, no, and altering (no clouds at summer, total cover at winter) cloud cover also changes the main patterns only slightly. This also proves that the model is stable with respect to atmospheric forcing.
KEYWORDS
Numerical modeling, large-scale circulation, the White sea, sea ice dynamics
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ilya Chernov , "Numerical Modelling of large-scale Dynamics of the White Sea," Universal Journal of Geoscience(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 150 - 153, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2013.010305.
(b). APA Format:
Ilya Chernov (2013). Numerical Modelling of large-scale Dynamics of the White Sea. Universal Journal of Geoscience(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(3), 150 - 153. DOI: 10.13189/ujg.2013.010305.