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# The influence of wind on the development of a thermal bar and currents in reservoirs of different depths during Ice Cover Melting

## N.S. Blokhina

### Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2015. 70. N 4. P. 319

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The influence of wind on the development of a thermal bar and currents in reservoirs of different depths during ice cover melting was studied using mathematical modeling. It is shown that the reservoir depth, as well as the wind velocity and direction, determine the behavior and lifetime of vortex structures in a reservoir that form on both sides of a thermal bar, as well as the location of their convergence zone and the 4$^{\circ}$C isotherm. The dominant mechanisms of the instability of water masses in reservoirs of different depths under wind action on their surface are identified. It is shown that the higher wind speed is, the deeper the reservoir should be in order to get the zone of divergence of water masses close to 4$^{\circ}$C isotherm. In this situation it is justified to use a classical interpretation of a thermal bar as a region of water convergence near 4$^{\circ}$C, unlike shallow reservoirs where even slight winds lead to the significant divergence of these zones.

Received: 2015 February 11
Approved: 2015 August 28
PACS:
92.40.Cy Modeling; general theory
Rissian citation:
Н.С. Блохина.
Вестн. Моск. ун-та. Сер. 3. Физ. Астрон. 2015. № 4. С. 102.
Authors
N.S. Blokhina
Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1199991 Russia

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