• Freshwater and its role in the Arctic Marine System: Sources, disposition, storage, export, and physical and biogeochemical consequences in the Arctic and global oceans 

      Carmack, Eddy C.; Yamamoto-Kawai, Michiyo; Haine, Thomas W.N.; Bacon, Sheldon; Bluhm, Bodil; Lique, Camille; Melling, Humfrey; Polyakov, Igor V.; Straneo, Fiamma; Timmermans, Mary Louise E.; Williams, William J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-11)
      The Arctic Ocean is a fundamental node in the global hydrological cycle and the ocean’s thermohaline circulation. We here assess the system’s key functions and processes: (1) the delivery of fresh and low-salinity waters to the Arctic Ocean by river inflow, net precipitation, distillation during the freeze/thaw cycle, and Pacific Ocean inflows; (2) the disposition (e.g., sources, pathways, and ...