Comparison of Water Properties and Flows in the U.S. and Russian Channels of the Bering Strait - 2005-2006

• Main Author: Rebecca Woodgate
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2009
• Subjects: AON; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Chukchi; Comparison of Water Properties and Flows in the U.S. and Russian Channels of the Bering Strait - 2005-2006; Study of Environmental Arctic Change; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:9dd446bc-65be-4fb2-9e70-a667b5d60bba

The Bering Strait throughflow is critical for the Chukchi Sea and the upper Arctic Ocean. It is important in the global freshwater cycle and influences the Atlantic overturning circulation and possibly world climate. The throughflow variability (seasonal and interannual) impacts the role of Pacific...