The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Oceanic Freshwater Fluxes in the Climate System....Pages 1-20
Global Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Relationships to Arctic Freshwater Fluxes....Pages 21-43
Atmospheric Components of the Arctic Ocean Freshwater Balance and Their Interannual Variability....Pages 45-56
Hydroclimatology of the Arctic Drainage Basin....Pages 57-90
The Arctic Ocean’s Freshwater Budget: Sources, Storage and Export....Pages 91-126
The Arctic Ocean Freshwater Budget of a Climate General Circulation Model....Pages 127-139
Atmospheric Components of the Arctic Ocean Hydrologic Budget Assessed from Rawinsonde Data....Pages 141-161
Reanalyses Depictions of the Arctic Atmospheric Moisture Budget....Pages 163-196
Moisture Transport to Arctic Drainage Basins Relating to Significant Precipitation Events and Cyclogenesis....Pages 197-208
Atmospheric Climate Models: Simulation of the Arctic Ocean Fresh Water Budget Components....Pages 209-247
Discharge Observation Networks in Arctic Regions: Computation of the River Runoff into the Arctic Ocean, Its Seasonality and Variability....Pages 249-267
Arctic River Flow: A Review of Contributing Areas....Pages 269-280
The Dynamics of River Water Inflow to the Arctic Ocean....Pages 281-296
River Input of Water, Sediment, Major Ions, Nutrients and Trace Metals from Russian Territory to the Arctic Ocean....Pages 297-322
The Dispersion of Siberian River Flows into Coastal Waters: Meteorological, Hydrological and Hydrochemical Aspects....Pages 323-366
The Variable Climate of the Mackenzie River Basin: Its Water Cycle and Fresh Water Discharge....Pages 367-381
Arctic Estuaries and Ice: A Positive—Negative Estuarine Couple....Pages 383-407
Satellite Views of the Arctic Ocean Freshwater Balance....Pages 409-451
Tracer Studies of the Arctic Freshwater Budget....Pages 453-478
Exchanges of Freshwater through the Shallow Straits of the North American Arctic....Pages 479-502
The Transformations of Atlantic Water in the Arctic Ocean and Their Significance for the Freshwater Budget....Pages 503-532
Modelling the Variability of Exchanges Between the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas....Pages 533-547
Sea Ice Growth, Melt, and Modeling: A Survey....Pages 549-587
Fresh Water Freezing/Melting Cycle in the Arctic Ocean....Pages 589-608
Back Matter....Pages 609-623