Kara Sea freshwater transport through Vilkitsky Strait: Variability, forcing, and further pathways toward the western Arctic Ocean from a model and observations

Siberian river water is a first-order contribution to the Arctic freshwater budget, with the Ob, Yenisey, and Lena supplying nearly half of the total surface freshwater flux. However, few details are known regarding where, when, and how the freshwater transverses the vast Siberian shelf seas. This p...

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Main Authors: Janout, Markus A. (Author), Aksenov, Yevgeny (Author), Hölemann, Jens A. (Author), Rabe, Benjamin (Author), Schauer, Ursula (Author), Polyakov, Igor V. (Author), Bacon, Sheldon (Author), Coward, Andrew C. (Author), Karcher, Michael (Author), Lenn, Yueng-Djern (Author), Kassens, Heidemarie (Author), Timokhov, Leonid (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2015-07.
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