Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes in a Numerical Model
of the West Antarctic Peninsula

Outline

Model Configuration

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Model results

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Flow Comparison at 200m

Surface Temperature Comparison

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Temperature Section North of
Marguerite Bay

Temperature Section North of
Marguerite Bay

Nitrate Section off Adelaide Island

Nitrate Comparison in Early September

Comparison of Tmax below 200m

Calculation of Across-shelf-break Flux

Integrated Cross-shelf Fluxes
of Volume, Heat and Salt

Persistent Across-shelf-break Transport

Cross Shelf Transport Mechanism

Summary

Future Plans

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Model Temperature Sections
north of Marguerite Bay

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Nitrate Comparison in Early March