Numerical experiments of air-ice drag coefficient and its impact on ice-ocean coupled system in the Sea of Okhotsk
Numerical experiments of air-ice drag coefficient and its impact on ice-ocean coupled system in the Sea of Okhotsk
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鄂霍次克海气冰阻力系数数值试验及其对冰海耦合系统的影响
DOI:
10.1007/s10236-010-0265-7
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发表时间:
2010
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
H. Yamaguchi and H. Mitsudera
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作者:
Fujisaki;A.;H. Yamaguchi and H. Mitsudera
Sensitivity study of the air–ice drag coefficientCDaiis presented with an ice–ocean coupled model for the Sea of Okhotsk. TheCDai× 103value is varied from 2 to 5 based on the direct measurements in the region. The maximum volume transport of the East Sakhalin Current and the mean sea ice velocity were intensified asCDaiincreased. The sensitivity experiment with the ice–water drag coefficientCDiwshowed that the East Sakhalin Current volume transport is hardly affected byCDiwbut significantly intensified byCDai. While the ice drift in the off-ice-edge direction was intensified by the increase inCDaiand the decrease inCDiw, the ice edge location was nearly unchanged. This was due to melting caused by the relatively warm water inflow from the North Pacific. That is, sea ice extent in the region is strongly influenced by melting caused by a large ice–ocean heat transfer. In the active melting regions, the ice–ocean heat transfer of more than 100 W/m2occurred even in mid-winter. This is the same order as the cooling by air in winter, and a heat insulation capacity of sea ice is weakened in such regions.