Western Arctic Ocean freshwater storage increased by wind-driven spin-up of the Beaufort Gyre

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Giles, Katharine A., Laxon, Seymour W., Ridout, Andy L., Wingham, Duncan J., Bacon, Sheldon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Curl; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/335944/

The Arctic Ocean’s freshwater budget comprises contributions from river runoff, precipitation, evaporation, sea-ice and exchanges with the North Pacific and Atlantic1. More than 70,000?km3 of freshwater2 are stored in the upper layer of the Arctic Ocean, leading to low salinities in upper-layer Arct...