Ukrainian Antarctic Journal

No 9 (2010): Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Articles

Structure and dynamics of gravity currents on a slope: a flow of transformed under the Ronne-Filchner ice water in the Weddell Sea

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  • V. Maderich,
  • K. Terletska,
  • I. Brovchenko
V. Maderich
Institute of mathematical machines and systems problems, Kyiv
K. Terletska
Institute of mathematical machines and systems problems, Kyiv
I. Brovchenko
Institute of mathematical machines and systems problems, Kyiv
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.9.2010.413
Published December 15, 2010
Keywords
  • gravity currents on a slope,
  • vortex shedding,
  • POM model,
  • non-hydrostatic model,
  • Ronne-Filchner ice shelf,
  • Filchner overflow,
  • Weddell Sea
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How to Cite
Maderich, V., Terletska, K., & Brovchenko, I. (2010). Structure and dynamics of gravity currents on a slope: a flow of transformed under the Ronne-Filchner ice water in the Weddell Sea. Ukrainian Antarctic Journal, (9), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.33275/1727-7485.9.2010.413

Abstract

The results of numerical study of the influence of submarine ridges on the gravitational current on the slope of the laboratory scale and on the transformed under the Ronne-Filchner ice shelf flow of water into the Weddell Sea. For the computation of the laboratory-scale flow and of the seawater flow over the continental slope the non-hydrostatic and hydrostatic versions of the POM model were used, respectively. The processes of vortex shedding over a slope and the influence of one or two undersea ridges on the near-bottom flows were considered.

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