Freshwater transport between the Kara, Laptev, and East-Siberian seas

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Osadchiev, A. A., Pisareva, M. N., Spivak, E. A., Shchuka, S. A., Semiletov, I. P.
• Other Authors: Russian Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; East Siberian Sea; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Kara-Laptev; laptev; lena river
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70096-w; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70096-w.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70096-w

Abstract The Kara and Laptev seas receive about one half of total freshwater runoff to the Arctic Ocean from the Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers. Discharges of these large rivers form freshened surface water masses over wide areas in these seas. These water masses, i.e., the Ob-Yenisei and Lena river p...