Freshwater and its role in the Arctic Marine System: Sources, disposition, storage, export, and physical and biogeochemical consequences in the Arctic and global …

EC Carmack, M Yamamoto‐Kawai… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Arctic Ocean is a fundamental node in the global hydrological cycle and the
ocean's thermohaline circulation. We here assess the system's key functions and …

Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects

TWN Haine, B Curry, R Gerdes, E Hansen… - Global and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large freshwater anomalies clearly exist in the Arctic Ocean. For example, liquid freshwater
has accumulated in the Beaufort Gyre in the decade of the 2000s compared to 1980–2000 …

Seasonal and annual fluxes of nutrients and organic matter from large rivers to the Arctic Ocean and surrounding seas

RM Holmes, JW McClelland, BJ Peterson, SE Tank… - Estuaries and …, 2012 - Springer
River inputs of nutrients and organic matter impact the biogeochemistry of arctic estuaries
and the Arctic Ocean as a whole, yet there is considerable uncertainty about the magnitude …

Tracking dynamic northern surface water changes with high-frequency planet CubeSat imagery

SW Cooley, LC Smith, L Stepan, J Mascaro - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Recent deployments of CubeSat imagers by companies such as Planet may advance
hydrological remote sensing by providing an unprecedented combination of high temporal …

Impacts of permafrost degradation on arctic river biogeochemistry

KE Frey, JW McClelland - Hydrological Processes: An …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Over the next century, near‐surface permafrost across the circumpolar Arctic is expected to
degrade significantly, particularly for land areas south of 70° N. This is likely to cause …

Transitions in Arctic ecosystems: Ecological implications of a changing hydrological regime

FJ Wrona, M Johansson, JM Culp… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous international scientific assessments and related articles have, during the last
decade, described the observed and potential impacts of climate change as well as other …

Permafrost and groundwater on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in northeast China

G Cheng, H Jin - Hydrogeology Journal, 2013 - search.proquest.com
The areal extent of permafrost in China has been reduced by about 18.6% during the last
30years. Due to the combined inuences of climate warming and human activities, permafrost …

Nutrients in estuaries—An overview and the potential impacts of climate change

PJ Statham - Science of the total environment, 2012 - Elsevier
The fate and cycling of macronutrients introduced into estuaries depend upon a range of
interlinked processes. Hydrodynamics and morphology in combination with freshwater …

Beaufort Gyre freshwater reservoir: State and variability from observations

A Proshutinsky, R Krishfield… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate basin‐scale mechanisms regulating anomalies in freshwater content (FWC)
in the Beaufort Gyre (BG) of the Arctic Ocean using historical observations and data …

Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen export from major Arctic rivers

JW McClelland, RM Holmes… - Global …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Northern rivers connect a land area of approximately 20.5 million km2 to the Arctic Ocean
and surrounding seas. These rivers account for~ 10% of global river discharge and transport …