Pronounced anomalies of air, water, ice conditions in the Barents and Kara Seas, and the Sea of Azov

This paper analyses the anomalous hydrometeorological situation that occurred at the beginning of 2012 in the seas of the Russian Arctic and Russian South. Atmospheric blocking in the temperate zone and the extension of the Siberian High to the Iberian Peninsula (known as the Voeikov et al. axis) le...

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Main Authors: Gennady G. Matishov, Sergei L. Dzhenyuk, Denis V. Moiseev, Aleksandr P. Zhichkin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Subjects:
Climate
Air
Sea ice
Anomalies
Voeikov axis
Blocking
Oceanography
GC1-1581
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/52f5d835906e4a9084533198464e2c0f
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Summary:This paper analyses the anomalous hydrometeorological situation that occurred at the beginning of 2012 in the seas of the Russian Arctic and Russian South. Atmospheric blocking in the temperate zone and the extension of the Siberian High to the Iberian Peninsula (known as the Voeikov et al. axis) led to a positive anomaly of air and water temperatures and a decrease in the ice extent in the Barents and Kara Seas. At the same time a prolonged negative air temperature anomaly was recorded in central and southern Europe and led to anomalously severe ice conditions in the Sea of Azov. Winter hydrographic conditions in the Barents and Kara Seas are illustrated by a unique set of observations made using expendable bathythermosalinographs (XCTD).

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