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Rabe, Benjamin; Dodd, Paul Anthony; Hansen, Edmond H; Falck, Eva; Schauer, Ursula; Mackensen, Andreas; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Kattner, Gerhard; Rohling, Eelco J; Cox, Katharine (2013): Physical oceanography and current meter data from various moorings from the North Greenland Sea, list of links to datasets. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.803552

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Abstract:
We estimated the magnitude and composition of southward liquid freshwater transports in the East Greenland Current near 79° N in the Western Fram Strait between 1998 and 2011. Previous studies have found this region to be an important pathway for liquid freshwater export from the Arctic Ocean to the Nordic Seas and the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Our transport estimates are based on six hydrographic surveys between June and September and concurrent data from moored current meters. We combined concentrations of liquid freshwater, meteoric water (river water and precipitation), sea ice melt and brine from sea ice formation, and Pacific Water, presented in Dodd et al. (2012, doi:10.1029/2012JC008011), with volume transport estimates from an inverse model. The average of the monthly snapshots of southward liquid freshwater transports between 10.6° W and 4° E is 100 ± 23 mSv (3160 ± 730 km**3/yr), relative to a salinity of 34.9. This liquid freshwater transport consists of about 130% water from rivers and precipitation (meteoric water), 30% freshwater from the Pacific, and -60% (freshwater deficit) due to a mixture of sea ice melt and brine from sea ice formation.
Pacific Water transports showed the highest variation in time, effectively vanishing in some of the surveys. Comparison of our results to the literature indicates that this was due to atmospherically driven variability in the advection of Pacific Water along different pathways through the Arctic Ocean. Variations in most liquid freshwater component transports appear to have been most strongly influenced by changes in the advection of these water masses to the Fram Strait. However, the local dynamics represented by the volume transports influenced the liquid freshwater component transports in individual years, in particular those of sea ice melt and brine from sea ice formation.
Our results show a similar ratio of the transports of meteoric water and net sea ice melt as previous studies. However, we observed a significant increase in this ratio between the surveys in 1998 and in 2009. This can be attributed to higher concentrations of sea ice melt in 2009 that may have been due to enhanced advection of freshwater from the Beaufort Gyre to the Fram Strait.
Known trends and variability in the Arctic liquid freshwater inflow from rivers are not likely to have had a significant influence on the variation of liquid freshwater component transports between our surveys. On the other hand, known freshwater inflow variability from the Pacific could have caused some of the variation we observed in the Fram Strait.
The apparent absence of a trend in southward liquid freshwater transports through the Fram Strait and recent evidence of an increase in liquid freshwater storage in the Arctic Ocean raise the question: how fast will the accumulated liquid freshwater be exported from the Arctic Ocean to the deep water formation regions in the North Atlantic and will an increased export occur through the Fram Strait.
Supplement to:
Rabe, Benjamin; Dodd, Paul Anthony; Hansen, Edmond H; Falck, Eva; Schauer, Ursula; Mackensen, Andreas; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Kattner, Gerhard; Rohling, Eelco J; Cox, Katharine (2013): Liquid export of Arctic freshwater components through the Fram Strait 1998-2011. Ocean Science, 9, 91-109, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-91-2013
Related to:
Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Fahrbach, Eberhard; Schauer, Ursula; Hansen, Edmond H (2012): Variability in Atlantic water temperature and transport at the entrance to the Arctic Ocean, 1997–2010. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69(5), 852-863, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss056
Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Woodgate, Rebecca A; Lee, Craig; Melling, Humfrey; Karcher, Michael J (2011): A Synthesis of Exchanges Through the Main Oceanic Gateways to the Arctic Ocean. Oceanography, 24(3), 82-99, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.59
Fahrbach, Eberhard; Meincke, Jens; Østerhus, Svein; Rohardt, Gerd; Schauer, Ursula; Tverberg, Vigdis; Verduin, Jennifer (2001): Direct measurements of volume transports through Fram Strait. Polar Research, 20(2), 217-224, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2001.tb00059.x
Rabe, Benjamin; Schauer, Ursula; Mackensen, Andreas; Karcher, Michael J; Hansen, Edmond H; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka (2009): Freshwater components and transports in the Fram Strait - recent observations and changes since the late 1990s. Ocean Science, 5, 219-233, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-219-2009
Schauer, Ursula; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka (2009): Problems with estimation and interpretation of oceanic heat transport – conceptual remarks for the case of Fram Strait in the Arctic Ocean. Ocean Science, 5, 487-494, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-487-2009
Schauer, Ursula; Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieszka; Walczowski, Waldemar; Fahrbach, Eberhard; Piechura, Jan; Hansen, Edmond H (2008): Variation of Measured Heat Flow Through the Fram Strait Between 1997 and 2006. In: Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate. Dickson, R. R.; Meincke, J.; Rhines, P. (eds.), Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6773-0, 65-85, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_4
Schauer, Ursula; Fahrbach, Eberhard; Østerhus, Svein; Rohardt, Gerd (2004): Arctic warming through the Fram Strait: Oceanic heat transport from 3 years of measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 109, C06026, https://doi.org/10.1029/2003JC001823
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 78.833337 * Median Longitude: 4.817106 * South-bound Latitude: 78.808300 * West-bound Longitude: -2.115000 * North-bound Latitude: 78.860000 * East-bound Longitude: 8.674300
Date/Time Start: 1997-08-31T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-06-27T06:00:00
Event(s):
F1-1 * Latitude Start: 78.830000 * Longitude Start: 8.636700 * Latitude End: 78.830000 * Longitude End: 8.636700 * Date/Time Start: 1997-09-13T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1998-09-01T13:00:00 * Elevation Start: -321.0 m * Elevation End: -321.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: LA97/2 * Basis: Lance * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY)
F1-2 * Latitude Start: 78.838300 * Longitude Start: 8.628300 * Latitude End: 78.838300 * Longitude End: 8.628300 * Date/Time Start: 1998-09-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1999-09-12T21:00:00 * Elevation Start: -330.0 m * Elevation End: -330.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: ARK-XIV/2 (PS52) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY)
F1-7 * Latitude Start: 78.832300 * Longitude Start: 8.664000 * Latitude End: 78.832300 * Longitude End: 8.664000 * Date/Time Start: 2004-07-20T09:58:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-08-17T03:58:00 * Elevation Start: -243.0 m * Elevation End: -243.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: ARK-XX/2 (PS66) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY)
Comment:
The data collection contains 68 links to physical oceanography and current meter data from various moorings from the North Greenland Sea published in various publications (see "Reference(s)").
Change history:
2022-02-10T12:54:40 – Dataset was converted to collection (bibliography); references to deleted datasets were replaced by newer versions.
Size:
68 datasets

Datasets listed in this bibliography

  1. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F1-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800288
  2. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F1-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800289
  3. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F1-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800281
  4. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800336
  5. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800337
  6. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-11. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800326
  7. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800328
  8. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-14. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800329
  9. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800346
  10. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800347
  11. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800339
  12. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-12. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800341
  13. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800342
  14. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800359
  15. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800360
  16. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800350
  17. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-12. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800352
  18. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800353
  19. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800372
  20. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800373
  21. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800363
  22. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-12. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800365
  23. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800366
  24. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800386
  25. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800387
  26. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-11. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800377
  27. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-13. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800379
  28. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-14. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800380
  29. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800394
  30. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800395
  31. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800396
  32. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800397
  33. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800389
  34. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800405
  35. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800406
  36. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800407
  37. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800399
  38. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F9-6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800413
  39. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F9-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800414
  40. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F9-8. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800415
  41. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F9-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800416
  42. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F10-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800297
  43. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F10-9. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800298
  44. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F10-10. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800291
  45. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F15-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800312
  46. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F15-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800313
  47. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F15-6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800315
  48. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F15-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800316
  49. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F16-3. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800319
  50. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F16-4. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800320
  51. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F16-6. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800322
  52. Beszczynska-Möller, A; Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G et al. (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F16-7. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800323
  53. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F1-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800280
  54. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F1-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800283
  55. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800324
  56. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F2-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800330
  57. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800338
  58. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F3-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800343
  59. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800349
  60. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F4-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800354
  61. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800362
  62. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F5-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800367
  63. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800375
  64. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F6-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800381
  65. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800388
  66. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F7-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800390
  67. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-1. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800398
  68. Fahrbach, E; Rohardt, G; Schauer, U (2012): Physical oceanography and current meter data from mooring F8-2. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.800400