Modeling of interannual variability of the Labrador Sea

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The primary focus of this study is the day-to-decade variability of the Labrador Sea and its relation to the atmospheric forcing, and the dynamics of adjacent areas of the Northwestern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. The major objective of the research is to study the role of key regional processes for the variability of the Labrador Sea. The short-term objectives are: 1) to develop an eddy-permitting sea-ice model of the Labrador Sea, 2) to apply the model with a data assimilation scheme for ocean and sea-ice simulations of the Labrador Sea, and 3) to conduct a model study of the mesoscale eddies dynamics in the Labrador Sea, and its impact on the interannual variability of heat and water mass transport in the basin.