Pan-Arctic Oceanic volume, heat and freshwater transport time series during 2005 to 2006, link to model results in NetCDF Format

This paper presents the first estimate of the seasonal cycle of ocean and sea ice heat and freshwater (FW) fluxes around the Arctic Ocean boundary. The ocean transports are estimated primarily using 138 moored instruments deployed in September 2005 – August 2006 across the four main Arctic gateways:...

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Main Authors: Tsubouchi, Takamasa, Bacon, Sheldon, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C, Aksenov, Yevgeny, Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka, Hansen, Edmond H, de Steur, Laura, Curry, Beth, Lee, Craig
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2017
Subjects:
Arctic
AWI_PhyOce
pan-Arctic
Physical Oceanography @ AWI
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Bering Strait
Davis Strait
Fram Strait
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.870607
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.870607
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Summary:This paper presents the first estimate of the seasonal cycle of ocean and sea ice heat and freshwater (FW) fluxes around the Arctic Ocean boundary. The ocean transports are estimated primarily using 138 moored instruments deployed in September 2005 – August 2006 across the four main Arctic gateways: Davis, Fram and Bering Straits, and the Barents Sea Opening (BSO). Sea ice transports are estimated from a sea ice assimilation product. Monthly velocity fields are calculated with a box inverse model that enforces mass and salt conservation. The volume transports in the four gateways in the period (annual mean ± 1 standard deviation) are -2.1±0.7 Sv in Davis Strait, -1.1±1.2 Sv in Fram Strait, 2.3±1.2 Sv in BSO and 0.7±0.7 Sv Bering Strait (1 Sv = 10^{6} m^ {3} s^{-1}). The resulting ocean and sea ice heat and FW fluxes are 175±48 TW and 204±85 mSv, respectively. These boundary fluxes accurately represent the annual means of the relevant surface fluxes. The ocean heat transport variability derives from velocity variability in the Atlantic Water layer and temperature variability in the upper part of the water column. The ocean FW transport variability is dominated by Bering Strait velocity variability. The net water mass transformation in the Arctic entails a freshening and cooling of inflowing waters by 0.62±0.23 in salinity and 3.74±0.76°C in temperature, respectively, and a reduction in density by 0.23±0.20 kg m^{-3}. The boundary heat and FW fluxes provide a benchmark data set for the validation of numerical models and atmospheric re-analysis products.

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