fContrasting patterns of river runoff and sea-ice melted water in the Canada Basin

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摘要 Thefractionsofriverrunoffandsea-icemeltedwaterintheCanadaBasininsummer2003weredeterminedbythesalinity-18Osystem.Thefractionofriverrunoff(fR)washighintheupper50mofthewatercolumnanddecreasedwithdepthandlatitude.Thesignalsoftheriverrunoffwereconfinedtowaterdepthsabove200m.ThetotalamountofriverrunoffintheCanadaBasinwashigherthanthatinotherarcticseas,indicatingthattheCanadaBasinisamainstorageregionforriverrunoff.Thepenetrationdepthofthesea-icemeltedwaterwaslessthan50mtothesouthof78°N,whileitwasabout150mtothenorthof78°N.Thetotalamountofsea-icemeltedwaterwasmuchhighertothenorthof78°Nthantothesouthof78°N,indicatingthesea-icemeltedwatersaccumulatedontheiceedge.Theabundantsea-icemeltedwaterontheiceedgewasattributedtotheearliermeltedwaterinthesouthernCanadaBasinandtransportedbytheBeaufortGyreorthereinforcedmeltingofseaicebysolarradiationinthepolynya.
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出处 《海洋学报:英文版》 2014年6期
出版日期 2014年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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