Changes in Arctic Halocline Waters along the East Siberian Slope and in the Makarov Basin from 2007 to 2020.

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Bertosio, Cecilia, Provost, Christine, Athanase, Marylou, Sennechael, Nathalie, Garric, Gilles, Lellouche, Jean-Michel, Kim, Jo-Hoon, Cho, Kyoung-Ho, Park, Taewook
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Makarov Basin; makarov basin; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7053780; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018082

In the Arctic Ocean, the “halocline” is a cold near-surface layer where salinity increases rapidly with depth. The halocline isolates the sea ice at the surface from the heat stored in the underlying warm and salty water. Hence, the strength of the halocline is a key feature in the maintenance of th...