Circulation and Thermohaline Variability of the Hanna Shoal Region on the Northeastern Chukchi Sea Shelf

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Fang, Ying-Chih, Weingartner, Thomas J., Dobbins, Elizabeth L, Winsor, Peter, Statscewich, Hank, Potter, Rachel A, Mudge, Todd D, Stoudt, Chase A, Borg, Keath
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Chukchi Sea; Barrow Canyon; Hanna Shoal; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52575/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015639; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.17fde969-3064-47cf-be84-2b2bf9771c9e

We analyzed velocity and hydrographic data from 23 moorings in the northeast Chukchi Sea from 2011 to 2014. In most years the eastern side of Hanna Shoal was strongly stratified year-round, while weakly stratified regions prevailed on the shelf south and west of the Shoal. Stratification differences...