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Water exchange between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait
Ivan Zavialov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Roman Sedakov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Department of Aerophysics and Space Research, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
Bernard Barnier
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environment, UGA/CNRS/IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Jean-Marc Molines
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environment, UGA/CNRS/IRD, Grenoble INP, Grenoble, France
Vladimir Belokopytov
Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Science,
Sevastopol
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Short summary
This study is focused on water exchange between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The Sea of Azov is a small freshened sea that receives a large freshwater discharge and, therefore, can be regarded as a large river estuary connected by narrow Kerch Strait with the Black Sea. In this work we show that water transport through the Kerch Strait is governed by wind forcing and does not depend on the river discharge rate to the Sea of Azov on an intra-annual timescale.
This study is focused on water exchange between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. The Sea of...
