{"id":1001,"date":"2020-02-12T17:56:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T21:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/aomip\/?page_id=1001"},"modified":"2021-06-18T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:45:40","slug":"bering-strait-volume-heat-and-salt-fluxes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/aomip\/experiments\/2008-2011-experiments\/bering-strait-volume-heat-and-salt-fluxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bering Strait volume, heat and salt fluxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Bering Strait volume, heat and salt fluxes<\/h1>\n<p><strong>M. Steele<\/strong>, R. Woodgate. W. Maslowski<\/p>\n<p>This is a collaborative model-observational study of volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes through Bering Strait, an important arctic gateway.\u00a0\u00a0This experiment focuses on this strait because of its physical importance for the Arctic Ocean ice and water dynamics and thermodynamics. A set of numerical experiments and model intercomparisons seeks to answer a series of important scientific questions, validate Arctic regional and global models using Bering Strait historical and recently collected data, and to recommend important model improvements allowing reproduction of the Bering Strait &#8211; related changes in the entire Arctic Ocean. The conditions of the desired model output from each participant\/model, including (i) location, (ii) parameters, (iii) time period and resolution, and (iv) model description are discussed below.<\/p>\n<p>This is a study of volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes through the Bering Strait, an important arctic gateway.\u00a0 We focus on this strait because of (1) its physical importance and (2) the relatively abundant observational database in the area.\u00a0 The following outlines the desired model output from each participant, including (i) location, (ii) parameters, (iii) time period &amp; resolution, and (iv) model description.<\/p>\n<p><u>Location:\u00a0<\/u> Your model section should be as close as possible to this section (in decimal degrees):<\/p>\nFrom:\u00a0<strong>65.980\u00a0<\/strong>degN<strong>,\u00a0 169.643\u00a0<\/strong>degW<br \/>\nTo:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>65.625\u00a0<\/strong>degN,<strong>\u00a0 168.177\u00a0<\/strong>degW\n<ul>\n<li>Please provide:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Model\u00a0<strong>lat\/lons<\/strong>\u00a0for your section across the strait that most closely match these endpoints<\/li>\n<li>Model\u00a0<strong>bathymetry<\/strong>\u00a0at each position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, (for comparison to the &#8220;climate&#8221; mooring site A3 just north of Bering Strait), the lat\/lon and ocean depth of your model point nearest to\u00a0<strong>66.33<\/strong>\u00a0degN,\u00a0\u00a0<strong>168.965<\/strong>\u00a0degW<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Properties<\/em>\u00a0for comparison along the Strait and at mooring site A3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Ocean temperature<\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><u>salinity<\/u><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><u>velocity<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0at all points across your Bering Strait section (for example, for each time, an array of points in x and z (depth).<\/li>\n<li>Ocean T, S, and v for the model point closest to mooring site A3 (see &#8220;Location&#8221; section)<\/li>\n<li>Mean\u00a0<strong><u>ice thickness<\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><u>concentration<\/u><\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong><u>velocity<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0at all Bering Strait points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Fluxes<\/em>\u00a0for comparison:\u00a0 (if you do not have these, we will compute them from the properties)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Net ocean\u00a0<strong><u>volume flux<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0across the strait<\/li>\n<li>Net ocean\u00a0<strong><u>heat flux<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; relative to -1.9\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Net ocean\u00a0<strong><u>freshwater flux<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; relative to reference salinity of 34.8<\/li>\n<li>If possible, please also provide separate northward and southward fluxes for the above<\/li>\n<li><strong><u>Ice area flux<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><u>ice volume flux<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0across your Bering Strait section<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul>\n<li><u>Period:<\/u>\u00a0 As long as available but ideally covering at least\u00a0<strong>1990-present<\/strong>\u00a0(the period of intensive observations)<\/li>\n<li><u>Resolution:<\/u> We encourage at least\u00a0<strong>monthly mean<\/strong>\u00a0resolution, although more frequent data will be considered if available.\u00a0\u00a0 We discourage the use of &#8220;snapshot&#8221; data.<u>Model description:<\/u>As in Holloway et al., &#8220;Water properties &amp; circulation in Arctic Ocn models,&#8221; JGR vol 112, 2007:\n<ul>\n<li>Tables A1, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A14, A15, A16<\/li>\n<li>what ocean and sea ice model was used<\/li>\n<li>what forcing prescribed (including timescale of the forcing &#8211; hourly, monthly, etc)<\/li>\n<li>any particular forcing\/adjustments\/tuning of the Bering Strait inflow (e.g., local or far field relaxing to a known transport or seasonal cycle or temperature and salinity field, bottom or sidewall friction, &#8220;digging out&#8221; of channel to give expected transport)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bering Strait volume, heat and salt fluxes M. Steele, R. Woodgate. W. Maslowski This is a collaborative model-observational study of volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes through Bering Strait, an important arctic gateway.\u00a0\u00a0This experiment focuses on this strait because of its physical importance for the Arctic Ocean ice and water dynamics and thermodynamics. 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