Drifting Arctic sea ice archives changes in ocean surface conditions

Stephanie Pfirman; William Haxby; Hajo Eicken; Martin Jeffries; Dorothea Bauch

doi:10.1029/2004GL020666

Drifting Arctic sea ice archives changes in ocean surface conditions

Stephanie Pfirman, William Haxby, Hajo Eicken, Martin Jeffries, Dorothea Bauch

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δ¹⁸O profiles in drifting Arctic sea ice are coupled with back trajectories of ice drift and an ice growth model to reconstruct the surface hydrography of the Arctic Ocean interior. The results compare well with δ¹⁸O values obtained by traditional oceanographic methods and known water mass distributions. Analysis of the stable isotopic composition of sea ice floes sampled at strategic and relatively accessible locations, e.g., Fram Strait, could aid in mapping spatial and temporal variations in Arctic Ocean surface waters.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L19401 1-4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL020666
State	Published - Oct 16 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

1860 Hydrology: Runoff and streamflow
1863 Hydrology: Snow and ice (1827)
4207 Oceanography: General: Arctic and Antarctic oceanography
4283 Oceanography: General: Water masses 4215 Oceanography: General: Climate and interannual variability (3309)

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