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Hydrophysical state of the Large Aral Sea in the autumn of 2013: Thermal structure, currents, and internal waves

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This paper is focused on the hydrophysical state of the western basin of the Large Aral Sea in its present conditions of ecological crisis. The investigation is based on the direct observations carried out during a field survey in the Aral Sea in October of 2013. The analysis of the distribution of the temperature values across the western basin is given. Time series of the water currents variability were recorded at four mooring stations. The pattern of the basin-scale circulation response to the wind forcing was described. Based on the in situ measurements of the time variability of the temperature fields, the principal characteristics of the internal waves were specified for the present-day Aral Sea for the first time.

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  1. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Izhitskiy, E. E. Khymchenko & P. O. Zavialov

  2. Andreyev Acoustics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Izhitskiy, E.E. Khymchenko, P.O. Zavialov, A.N. Serebryany, 2014, published in Okeanologiya, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 451–463.

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Izhitskiy, A.S., Khymchenko, E.E., Zavialov, P.O. et al. Hydrophysical state of the Large Aral Sea in the autumn of 2013: Thermal structure, currents, and internal waves. Oceanology 54, 414–425 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437014040055

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