Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release
The Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean has accumulated a large amount of freshwater. Here, the authors show that a historical release in the 1980s resulted in a strong freshening of the western Labrador Sea, suggesting that a future release of the current freshwater volume could even be more...
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| author | Jiaxu Zhang Wilbert Weijer Michael Steele Wei Cheng Tarun Verma Milena Veneziani |
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| description | The Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean has accumulated a large amount of freshwater. Here, the authors show that a historical release in the 1980s resulted in a strong freshening of the western Labrador Sea, suggesting that a future release of the current freshwater volume could even be more impactful. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45234c03432a43c0955a5993928ee8322022-12-21T19:25:01ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-02-011211810.1038/s41467-021-21470-3Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater releaseJiaxu Zhang0Wilbert Weijer1Michael Steele2Wei Cheng3Tarun Verma4Milena Veneziani5Computational Physics and Methods, Los Alamos National LaboratoryComputational Physics and Methods, Los Alamos National LaboratoryApplied Physics Laboratory, University of WashingtonJoint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, now Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies, University of WashingtonComputational Physics and Methods, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics, Los Alamos National LaboratoryThe Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean has accumulated a large amount of freshwater. Here, the authors show that a historical release in the 1980s resulted in a strong freshening of the western Labrador Sea, suggesting that a future release of the current freshwater volume could even be more impactful.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21470-3 |
| spellingShingle | Jiaxu Zhang Wilbert Weijer Michael Steele Wei Cheng Tarun Verma Milena Veneziani Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release Nature Communications |
| title | Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release |
| title_full | Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release |
| title_fullStr | Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release |
| title_short | Labrador Sea freshening linked to Beaufort Gyre freshwater release |
| title_sort | labrador sea freshening linked to beaufort gyre freshwater release |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21470-3 |
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