Unprecedented acceleration of winter discharge of Upper Yenisei River inferred from tree rings

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Panyushkina, Irina P, Meko, David M, Shiklomanov, Alexander, Thaxton, Richard D, Myglan, Vladimir, Barinov, Valentin V, Taynik, Anna V
• Other Authors: Science Foundation of Russian Federation, U.S. NSF Polar Office program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Kara Sea; Tuva; Yenisei River; permafrost; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3e20; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3e20; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3e20/pdf

Abstract The Yenisei River is the largest contributor of freshwater and energy fluxes among all rivers draining to the Arctic Ocean. Modeling long-term variability of Eurasian runoff to the Arctic Ocean is complicated by the considerable variability of river discharge in time and space, and the moni...