Data_Sheet_1_The Impacts of Freshwater Input and Surface Wind Velocity on the Strength and Extent of a Large High Latitude River Plume.docx
Arctic Ocean physical and biogeochemical properties are strongly influenced by freshwater input from land and through the Bering Strait, where the mean currents transport water northward from the Bering Sea. The Yukon River is one of the largest rivers in North America and the Arctic, contributing l...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/19150076 2023-05-15T14:55:53+02:00 Data_Sheet_1_The Impacts of Freshwater Input and Surface Wind Velocity on the Strength and Extent of a Large High Latitude River Plume.docx J. Blake Clark Antonio Mannino 2022-02-10T04:11:05Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.793217.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_The_Impacts_of_Freshwater_Input_and_Surface_Wind_Velocity_on_the_Strength_and_Extent_of_a_Large_High_Latitude_River_Plume_docx/19150076 unknown doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.793217.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_The_Impacts_of_Freshwater_Input_and_Surface_Wind_Velocity_on_the_Strength_and_Extent_of_a_Large_High_Latitude_River_Plume_docx/19150076 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Oceanography Marine Biology Marine Geoscience Biological Oceanography Chemical Oceanography Physical Oceanography Marine Engineering river plume stratification Bering Sea Arctic Ocean Yukon River Dataset 2022 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.793217.s001 2022-02-17T00:08:40Z Arctic Ocean physical and biogeochemical properties are strongly influenced by freshwater input from land and through the Bering Strait, where the mean currents transport water northward from the Bering Sea. The Yukon River is one of the largest rivers in North America and the Arctic, contributing large quantities of freshwater and terrigenous material to the coastal ocean in the northern Bering Sea. However, a detailed analysis of the coastal hydrodynamics at the outflow of the river has not been conducted in this remote but regionally important river. A three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was built to represent the lower Yukon River and coastal ocean for the ice-free months in 7 years. On average, a large anticyclonic eddy persisted at the main outflow of the Yukon that recirculates water back toward the coast where the currents converge to form a mean northward transport along the delta. Interannual spatial variance in salinity was relatively small, while there was substantial variance in u and v current velocity. u velocity spatial variance was correlated to the volume of freshwater discharge across years, while v velocity spatial variance was correlated to the N–S wind velocity. During strong wind events, plume structure was substantially altered: southerly winds deepened the plume and enhanced northward transport, while northerly winds shoaled and strengthened the pycnocline, and reversed the flow toward the south. The variability in plume dispersion on short time scales due to wind forcing has implications for where terrigenous material is processed in and settles out of the water column. Dataset Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Bering Strait Yukon river Yukon Frontiers: Figshare Arctic Arctic Ocean Yukon Bering Sea Bering Strait |
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Arctic Ocean physical and biogeochemical properties are strongly influenced by freshwater input from land and through the Bering Strait, where the mean currents transport water northward from the Bering Sea. The Yukon River is one of the largest rivers in North America and the Arctic, contributing large quantities of freshwater and terrigenous material to the coastal ocean in the northern Bering Sea. However, a detailed analysis of the coastal hydrodynamics at the outflow of the river has not been conducted in this remote but regionally important river. A three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was built to represent the lower Yukon River and coastal ocean for the ice-free months in 7 years. On average, a large anticyclonic eddy persisted at the main outflow of the Yukon that recirculates water back toward the coast where the currents converge to form a mean northward transport along the delta. Interannual spatial variance in salinity was relatively small, while there was substantial variance in u and v current velocity. u velocity spatial variance was correlated to the volume of freshwater discharge across years, while v velocity spatial variance was correlated to the N–S wind velocity. During strong wind events, plume structure was substantially altered: southerly winds deepened the plume and enhanced northward transport, while northerly winds shoaled and strengthened the pycnocline, and reversed the flow toward the south. The variability in plume dispersion on short time scales due to wind forcing has implications for where terrigenous material is processed in and settles out of the water column. |
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Data_Sheet_1_The Impacts of Freshwater Input and Surface Wind Velocity on the Strength and Extent of a Large High Latitude River Plume.docx |
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.793217.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Data_Sheet_1_The_Impacts_of_Freshwater_Input_and_Surface_Wind_Velocity_on_the_Strength_and_Extent_of_a_Large_High_Latitude_River_Plume_docx/19150076 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Yukon Bering Sea Bering Strait |
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