scholarly journals A long-term circulation and water mass monitoring program for the Arctic Ocean

Eos ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 84 (30) ◽  
pp. 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Polyakov ◽  
David Walsh ◽  
Igor Dmitrenko ◽  
Roger Colony ◽  
Jennifer Hutchings ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean

Simulating the Long-Term Variability of Liquid Freshwater Export from the Arctic Ocean

2008 ◽  
pp. 405-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüdiger Gerdes ◽  
Michael Karcher ◽  
Cornelia Köberle ◽  
Kerstin Fieg
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Freshwater Export

scholarly journals Diversity and biogeography of SAR11 bacteria from the Arctic Ocean

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Kraemer ◽  
Arthi Ramachandran ◽  
David Colatriano ◽  
Connie Lovejoy ◽  
David A. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Surface Layer ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Adaptive Evolution ◽  
Brackish Water ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Bacterial Group ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Globally Distributed

AbstractThe Arctic Ocean is relatively isolated from other oceans and consists of strongly stratified water masses with distinct histories, nutrient, temperature and salinity characteristics, therefore providing an optimal environment to investigate local adaptation. The globally distributed SAR11 bacterial group consists of multiple ecotypes that are associated with particular marine environments, yet relatively little is known about Arctic SAR11 diversity. Here, we examined SAR11 diversity using ITS analysis and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). Arctic SAR11 assemblages were comprised of the S1a, S1b, S2, and S3 clades, and structured by water mass and depth. The fresher surface layer was dominated by an ecotype (S3-derived P3.2) previously associated with Arctic and brackish water. In contrast, deeper waters of Pacific origin were dominated by the P2.3 ecotype of the S2 clade, within which we identified a novel subdivision (P2.3s1) that was rare outside the Arctic Ocean. Arctic S2-derived SAR11 MAGs were restricted to high latitudes and included MAGs related to the recently defined S2b subclade, a finding consistent with bi-polar ecotypes and Arctic endemism. These results place the stratified Arctic Ocean into the SAR11 global biogeography and have identified SAR11 lineages for future investigation of adaptive evolution in the Arctic Ocean.

Comparison of the Long-Term Trends of the Largest Waves in the Ice-Free Arctic Waters From Different Reanalysis Products

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuji Waseda ◽  
Takehiko Nose ◽  
Adrean Webb
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Extreme Value Analysis ◽  
Positive Trend ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Ship Route ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
Horizontal Grid

The long-term trends of the expected largest waves in the ice-free Arctic waters from Laptev to Beaufort Seas was studied analyzing the ERA-interim reanalysis from 1979 to 2016. The analysis showed that the positive trend is largest in October and increased almost 70 cm in 38 years. For ships navigating the Northern Ship Route, it is important to know what the possible largest waves to expect during its cruise. In view of conducting the extreme value analysis, the uncertainty of the largest wave needs to be validated. However, the observation in the Arctic Ocean is limited. We, therefore, rely on the reanalysis wave products in the Arctic Ocean, whose uncertainty is yet to be determined. ERA-Interim and ERA-5 are compared in the Laptev, the East Siberian, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. The comparison is relevant as the two products differ in its horizontal grid resolution and availability of the satellite altimeter significant wave height data assimilation. During 2010–2016 when the ERA5 is available, only a small difference from ERA-Interim was detected in the mean. However, the expected largest waves in the domain tended to be large for the ERA-5, 8% normalized bias. The tendency was quite similar with a high correlation of 0.98.

scholarly journals Effects of Vertical Water Mass Segregation on Bacterial Community Structure in the Beaufort Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
Yunyun Fu ◽  
Richard B. Rivkin ◽  
Andrew S. Lang
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Beaufort Sea ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Mass Segregation

The Arctic Ocean is one of the least well-studied marine microbial ecosystems. Its low-temperature and low-salinity conditions are expected to result in distinct bacterial communities, in comparison to lower latitude oceans. However, this is an ocean currently in flux, with climate change exerting pronounced effects on sea-ice coverage and freshwater inputs. How such changes will affect this ecosystem are poorly constrained. In this study, we characterized the bacterial community compositions at different depths in both coastal, freshwater-influenced, and pelagic, sea-ice-covered locations in the Beaufort Sea in the western Canadian Arctic Ocean. The environmental factors controlling the bacterial community composition and diversity were investigated. Alphaproteobacteria dominated the bacterial communities in samples from all depths and stations. The Pelagibacterales and Rhodobacterales groups were the predominant taxonomic representatives within the Alphaproteobacteria. Bacterial communities in coastal and offshore samples differed significantly, and vertical water mass segregation was the controlling factor of community composition among the offshore samples, regardless of the taxonomic level considered. These data provide an important baseline view of the bacterial community in this ocean system that will be of value for future studies investigating possible changes in the Arctic Ocean in response to global change and/or anthropogenic disturbance.

scholarly journals Concentrations and Water Mass Transport of Legacy POPs in the Arctic Ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Ma ◽  
Dave A. Adelman ◽  
Eduard Bauerfeind ◽  
Ana Cabrerizo ◽  
Carrie A. McDonough ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transport ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean

scholarly journals The effects of tides on the water mass mixing and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean

2015 ◽  
Vol 120 (10) ◽  
pp. 6669-6699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria V. Luneva ◽  
Yevgeny Aksenov ◽  
James D. Harle ◽  
Jason T. Holt
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean

scholarly journals The Arctic Ocean in summer: A quasi-synoptic inverse estimate of boundary fluxes and water mass transformation

2012 ◽  
Vol 117 (C1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Tsubouchi ◽  
S. Bacon ◽  
A. C. Naveira Garabato ◽  
Y. Aksenov ◽  
S. W. Laxon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Water Mass Transformation

Projected disruption in seasonal timing of Arctic Ocean pCO2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Orr ◽  
Lester Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Seasonal Timing ◽  
Enhanced Sensitivity ◽  
Projected Change ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
Projected Changes ◽  
System Variables ◽  
Earth System Models

<p>Ocean acidification implies long-term changes in ocean CO<sub>2</sub> system variables modulated by changes in seasonal amplitudes. Further modulation, yet unexplored, may come from changes in timing of the annual cycle. For the CO<sub>2</sub> partial pressure (<em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub>), a winter high and summer low are observed in Arctic Ocean surface waters because thermal effects are outweighed by those from biology. Here the same timing was found with 9 Earth system models under historical forcing. Yet under a high-end CO<sub>2</sub> emission scenario, those models project that the summer low (relative to the annual mean) eventually reverses sign across most of the Arctic Ocean. In most models, that sign reversal inverses the chronological order of the annual high and low. The high moves from spring to summer and the low moves from summer to spring. The cause is the projected dramatic warming in summer sea surface temperature provoked by earlier retreat of seasonal sea ice. The increase in the summer <em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub> extreme over this century is 29±9% greater than if there had been no change in seasonal timing, only the enhanced sensitivity of <em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub> to its driving variables. Thus the projected change in extreme summer <em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub> is 150±50 μatm higher. Outside of the Arctic Ocean, projected changes in seasonal timing of <em>p</em>CO<sub>2</sub> are small.</p>

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