Fate of Warm Pacific Water in the Arctic Basin

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Lin, Peigen, Pickart, Robert S., Våge, Kjetil, Li, Jianqiang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Oceanography: 452; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barrow Canyon; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Arctic Basin; Chukchi; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2991010; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094693

Pacific Summer Water (PSW) plays a critical role in the ecosystem of the western Arctic Ocean, impacting sea-ice melt and providing freshwater to the basin. Most of the water exits the Chukchi Sea shelf through Barrow Canyon, but the manner in which this occurs and the ultimate fate of the water rem...