Distribution and circulation of Pacific Winter and Summer Waters in the Arctic Ocean based on historical data

• Main Authors: Makhotin, Mikhail, Timokhov, Leonid A., Colony, R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Chukchi Shelf; Pacific; Sever; Chukchi; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28682/; http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU06/00446/EGU06-J-00446-1.pdf

Due to hydrostatic imbalance, water from the North Pacific flows through the Bering Strait, transits the upper levels of the Arctic Ocean, and finds its way to the North Atlantic. Waters recently originating from the North Pacific generally have a distinct temperature, salinity, and silicate signatu...