Water Mass Evolution and Circulation of the Northeastern Chukchi Sea in Summer: Implications for Nutrient Distributions

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Lin, Peigen, Pickart, Robert S., McRaven, Leah T., Arrigo, Kevin R., Bahr, Frank, Lowry, Kate E., Stockwell, Dean A., Mordy, Calvin W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019
• Subjects: Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Curl; Chukchi Shelf; Barrow Canyon; Hanna Shoal; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/140397

Synoptic and historical shipboard data, spanning the period 1981–2017, are used to investigate the seasonal evolution of water masses on the northeastern Chukchi shelf and quantify the circulation patterns and their impact on nutrient distributions. We find that Alaskan coastal water extends to Barr...