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Tidal effects on the ice concentration and lead fraction over the continental shelf and slope off Wilkes Land

Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2944.


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Sea ice and tides are important factors affecting ocean-atmosphere heat transfer and deep water formation. They affect climate and the global thermohaline circulation. Generally, tidal processes were ignored in coupled sea ice/ocean models and sea ice was ignored in tidal models. Here, a coupled sea ice/ocean model is used to evaluate tidal effects on sea ice and deep water formation in the continental margin off Wilkes Land. The model results will both support and be verified against results from an observational sea ice program. The project will also investigate the effects of warming of circumpolar deep water on sea ice.


Project objectives:

1. a quantitative evaluation of the tidal effects, including those of internal tides, on the sea ice concentration and thickness, lead formation, ocean-atmosphere heat flux, and deep water formation

2. generation of estimates of sea ice and tidal velocity fields in support of AAS 2901

3. validation of an established coupled ocean/sea ice model in realistic scenarios

4. simulation of the effects of warming of the Circumpolar Deep Water on sea ice concentrations and tidal effects on the sea ice


Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report:

1.This year it was necessary to update the model I use, ROMS, since significant changes had been made by the model development committee. It required considerable work to implement my changes into the new model and test it. Subsequently, simulations of internal tides were again performed for the region off Wilkes Land.

2-4. Limited progress.


Taken from the 2009-2010 Progress Report:

I am investigating the role of tides on the cryosphere, specifically sea ice and ice shelves, focussing on the Pine Island Glacier in the Amundsen Sea and the Wilkes Land region of the Antarctic. Both modeling and observational data are being used. This year I simulated tides for the region and analysed observational data to identify the role of tides and to verify the model.

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Identification info

Alternate title
Tidal effects on the ice concentration and lead fraction over the continental shelf and slope off Wilkes Land
Date (Publication)
2011-02-24
Edition
1

Originator

Robertson, R.

Publisher

Australian Antarctic Data Centre

Principal investigator

ROBERTSON, ROBIN
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
+61 2 6268 8289

Collaborator

ROBERTSON, ROBIN
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
+61 2 6268 8289
Name
CAASM Metadata
Website
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2944

Status
Completed

Custodian

AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)
Topic category
  • Oceans

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Description
Temporal Coverage

Temporal extent

TimePeriod
2007-09-30 2010-03-31
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE
  • EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES
Keywords
  • Tides
  • Deep Water
  • Heat Transfer
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • AMD/AU
  • CEOS
  • AMD
NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
  • OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
  • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2944 when using these data.
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AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia - AADC, DATA OFFICER (DATA CENTER CONTACT)
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

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2011-02-24T00:00:00
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The values provided in temporal and spatial coverage are approximate only. Taken from the 2008-2009 Progress Report: Difficulties affecting project: Updating the model required extensive extra work.
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Dataset
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Maintenance note
2009-04-17 - record created by Dave Connell from information provided in the progress report. 2010-08-10 - record updated by Dave Connell from information provided in the progress report. 2011-02-24 - record updated by Dave Connell to include the model details. 2016-08-31 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.

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Metadata identifier
string/ASAC_2944

Language
English
Character encoding
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Author

CONNELL, DAVE J.
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
Kingston
Tasmania
7050
Australia
+61 3 6232 3244
+61 3 6232 3351 (facsimile)

Sponsor

Australian Antarctic Division

Owner

AADC

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Dataset

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8f55f846-466c-4ce3-a2ba-bf13fdfeb6e5

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Title
gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Date (Last Revision)
2015-11-29T18:41:32

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gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
Citation identifier
8.6

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http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2944

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Date info (Creation)
2009-04-17T00:00:00
Date info (Last Update)
2017-04-26

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Title
ISO 19115-3
Edition
2014
Other citation details
Version 1
Title
DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
 
 

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