A Synthesis of the Upper Arctic Ocean Circulation During 2000–2019: Understanding the Roles of Wind Forcing and Sea Ice Decline

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Qiang Wang, Sergey Danilov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean circulation; sea ice decline; Arctic Oscillation; Beaufort High; geostrophic current; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Curl; canada basin; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.863204; https://doaj.org/article/edb32ccc0ffa4910954ac55f57aa4544

Major changes have occurred in the Arctic Ocean during 2000–2019, including the unprecedented spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre and the emergence of Arctic Atlantification in the eastern Eurasian Basin. We explored the main drivers for these changes by synthesizing numerical simulations and observations...