Enhanced eddy activity in the Beaufort Gyre in response to sea ice loss

The freshwater content of the Beaufort Gyre in the Western Arctic Ocean has increased in response to almost two decades of persistent anti-cyclonic winds. Here, the authors found that dramatic loss of sea ice and acceleration of surface currents after 2007 led to a net annual wind energy input to th...

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Main Authors: Thomas W. K. Armitage, Georgy E. Manucharyan, Alek A. Petty, Ron Kwok, Andrew F. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14449-z