Closing the Mass Budget between Bering Strait and the Arctic Basin: The Chukchi Slope Current

- Data from a collection of shipboard transects have revealed the presence of a heretofore unknown westward flowing current along the Chukchi Sea continental slope, which we call the Chukchi Slope Current. It transports 0.50±0.08 Sv of Pacific-origin water westward from Barrow Canyon.- The Slope Cur...

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Main Authors: Corlett, W. Bryce, Pickart, Robert S.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: figshare 2018
Subjects:
40503 Physical Oceanography
FOS Earth and related environmental sciences
Oceanography
Arctic
Chukchi Sea
Bering Strait
Pacific
Barrow Canyon
Arctic Basin
Chukchi
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7291811
https://figshare.com/articles/Closing_the_Mass_Budget_between_Bering_Strait_and_the_Arctic_Basin_The_Chukchi_Slope_Current/7291811
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Summary:- Data from a collection of shipboard transects have revealed the presence of a heretofore unknown westward flowing current along the Chukchi Sea continental slope, which we call the Chukchi Slope Current. It transports 0.50±0.08 Sv of Pacific-origin water westward from Barrow Canyon.- The Slope Current exhibits significant seasonal (+0.5 Sv) and interannual (+0.3 Sv) variability, which is likely wind-driven.- The discovery of the Chukchi Slope Current brings us closer to closing the Pacific water mass budget of the Chukchi Sea.

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