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The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean pp 453–478Cite as

Tracer Studies of the Arctic Freshwater Budget

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The freshwater lens covering the surface of the Arctic Ocean is roughly 50 to 150 meters thick and consists of river runoff, sea-ice meltwater, and low-salinity water of Pacific origin imported through Bering Strait. Whereas salinity data provide us with a good picture of the distribution and variability of the total freshwater contained in the Arctic Ocean, they cannot, in general, distinguish between the individual freshwater components. To obtain this information, measurements of additional water mass properties have to be performed.

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  • Arctic Ocean
  • River Runoff
  • Atlantic Water
  • Pacific Water
  • Canadian Basin

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  1. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964, USA

    P. Schlosser, B. Ekwurzel, S. Khatiwala, B. Newton & S. Pfirman

  2. Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    P. Schlosser

  3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    S. Khatiwala & B. Newton

  4. Department of Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School, Wieslaw Maslowski, Monterey, CA, 93943, USA

    W. Maslowski

  5. Department of Environmental Science, Barnard College Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

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Schlosser, P., Ekwurzel, B., Khatiwala, S., Newton, B., Maslowski, W., Pfirman, S. (2000). Tracer Studies of the Arctic Freshwater Budget. In: Lewis, E.L., Jones, E.P., Lemke, P., Prowse, T.D., Wadhams, P. (eds) The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean. NATO Science Series, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4132-1_19

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