Hydrographic changes in the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean with focus on an upper ocean freshwater anomaly between 2007 and 2010

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: de Steur, L., Steele, M., Hansen, E., Morison, J., Polyakov, I., Olsen, S.M., Melling, H., McLaughlin, F.A., Kwok, R., Smethie Jr., W.M., Schlosser, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Greenland; Pacific; North Pole; Nares; Makarov Basin; Arctic Archipelago; canada basin; Canadian Archipelago; Central Arctic; Fram Strait; Lincoln Sea; makarov basin; Nares strait
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/71/262971.pdf

Hydrographic data from the Arctic Ocean show that freshwater content in the Lincoln Sea, north of Greenland, increased significantly from 2007 to 2010, slightly lagging changes in the eastern and central Arctic. The anomaly was primarily caused by a decrease in the upper ocean salinity. In 2011 uppe...