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Role of sea ice, stratification, and near-inertial oscillations in shaping the upper Siberian Arctic Ocean currents
International Arctic Research Center and College of Natural Science and Mathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 99775, USA
Andrey V. Pnyushkov
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 99775, USA
Eddy C. Carmack
Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC, V8L 4B2, Canada
Matthew Charette
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02543, USA
Kyoung-Ho Cho
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea
Steven Dykstra
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA
Jari Haapala
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Jinyoung Jung
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea
Lauren Kipp
Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, New Jersey, 08028, USA
Eun Jin Yang
Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea
Sergey Molodtsov
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 99775, USA
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Short summary
The Siberian Arctic Ocean greatly influences the Arctic climate system. Moreover, the region is experiencing some of the most notable Arctic climate change. In the summer, strong near-inertial currents in the upper (<30m) ocean account for more than half of the current speed and shear. In the winter, upper ocean ventilation due to atlantification distributes wind energy to far deeper (>100m) layers. Understanding the implications for mixing and halocline weakening depends on these findings.
The Siberian Arctic Ocean greatly influences the Arctic climate system. Moreover, the region is...
