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the eastern Amundsen Sea continental shelf through the submarine glacial troughs
located at the shelf break (Nakayama et al.
2013
; Assmann et al.
2013
). Along the
surface-referenced isopycnal of 27.7, CDW with the potential temperature of 1
°
C,
salinity of 34.5, and dissolved oxygen of 4.2 ml kg
−
1
fl
flows towards and into the
PIIS cavity Fig.
1
b.
The model result presented by Timmermann et al. (
2012
) is not realistic in the
Amundsen Sea, showing a bottom potential temperature of
C with almost
no CDW intrusion (Fig.
2
). Although Timmermann et al. (
2012
) suggest that NCEP
reanalysis forcing is the reason for the cold Amundsen Sea condition, the simula-
tion with ERA-interim forcing cannot reproduce the CDW intrusion either, indi-
cating that the forcing is not the only reason for the cold conditions on the
Amundsen Sea continental shelf in FESOM.
The reason for the dif
1.8
°
*−
culties of simulating CDW intrusion onto the Amundsen
Sea continental shelf is published in Nakayama et al. (
2014
).
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