On large outflows of Arctic sea ice into the Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Kwok, Ron, Maslowski, Wieslaw, Laxon, Seymour W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2006
• Subjects: ice motion; Artic ice; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Franz Josef Land; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Nansen Basin; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39233

Winter outflows of Arctic sea ice into the Barents Sea are estimated using a 10-year record of satellite ice motion and thickness. The mean winter volume export through the Svalbard/Franz Josef Land passage is 40 km3, and ranges from -280 km3 to 340 km3. A large outflow in 2003 is preconditioned by...