On large outflows of Arctic sea ice into the Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Kwok, R, Maslowski, W, Laxon, SW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2005
• Subjects: Fram strait; Transports; Region; Cover; Mass; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Franz Josef Land; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Nansen Basin; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/154915/1/2005GL024485.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/154915/

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 km(3), and ranges from - 280 km(3) to 340 km(3). A large outflow in 2003 is preconditio...