Project Details
Projekt
Coupling between atmosphere, mixed layer and pycnocline under Arctic amplification: the role of sea ice related processes (C04)
Subject Area
Oceanography
Term
since 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268020496
The warm Atlantic Water that enters the Arctic Ocean through Fram Strait circulates through the Arctic Ocean underneath a cold and fresh surface layer. Under Arctic amplification, a loss of sea ice cover can result in more wind stirring in the ocean, and more heat from the Atlantic Water to be released into surface layer. This may provide heat for melting the sea ice, and heating the lower atmosphere. We address the connections between observed changes of the heat fluxes in the wind-mixed layer and the sea ice, and the changes of heat supply by the Atlantic Water.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Subproject of
TRR 172:
ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3
Applicant Institution
Universität Leipzig
Project Heads
Professor Torsten Kanzow, Ph.D.; Professorin Dr. Monika Rhein, until 12/2023; Dr. Maren Walter
