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ZHAO Jinping,SHI Jiuxin,GAO Guoping,JIAO Yutian,ZHANG Hongxin. 2006. Water mass of the northward throughflow in the Bering Strait in the summer of 2003. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, (2):25-32
Water mass of the northward throughflow in the Bering Strait in the summer of 2003
Water mass of the northward throughflow in the Bering Strait in the summer of 2003
Received:September 25, 2005  Revised:January 17, 2006
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Key words:Bering Strait  water mass  Pacific water  Arctic Ocean  CHINARE2003
中文关键词:  Bering Strait  water mass  Pacific water  Arctic Ocean  CHINARE2003
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ZHAO Jinping Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China jpzhao@ouc.edu.cn 
SHI Jiuxin Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China  
GAO Guoping Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China  
JIAO Yutian Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography of Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China  
ZHANG Hongxin North China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266000, China  
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Abstract:
      The temperature and salinity data obtained by the Chinese national arctic research expedition (CHINARE2003) are used to study the water structure in the Bering Strait and ambient regions.Four water masses appeared in the research region:the intermediate Bering Sea water mass (IBWM), the Alaska coastal water (ACW), the Anadyr water (AW) and the Bering shelf water (BSW).The AW originates from the IBWM, but the upper layer water has been greatly altered.In the cruise on 28/29 July 2003, there were only the BSW and ACW in a section across the Bering Strait (BS section), but in the September 12/13 cruise, the AW, BSW and ACW flowed parallelly into the Bering Strait.The upper waters of these water masses were all altered due to ice melting, runoff, solar radiation, and wind mixing.The waters in the central and northern parts of Bering Strait stratified by two uniform layers, were expressed as the typical feature of the water masses originating from the pacific.A two-layer structure also dominated the vertical stratification in most part of the Chukchi Sea.An obvious subseasonal variation was observed in the BS section, which caused varying transportation of fresh water, heat, and substance, and produced a long-term and extensive impact on the Arctic Ocean.
中文摘要:
      The temperature and salinity data obtained by the Chinese national arctic research expedition (CHINARE2003) are used to study the water structure in the Bering Strait and ambient regions.Four water masses appeared in the research region:the intermediate Bering Sea water mass (IBWM), the Alaska coastal water (ACW), the Anadyr water (AW) and the Bering shelf water (BSW).The AW originates from the IBWM, but the upper layer water has been greatly altered.In the cruise on 28/29 July 2003, there were only the BSW and ACW in a section across the Bering Strait (BS section), but in the September 12/13 cruise, the AW, BSW and ACW flowed parallelly into the Bering Strait.The upper waters of these water masses were all altered due to ice melting, runoff, solar radiation, and wind mixing.The waters in the central and northern parts of Bering Strait stratified by two uniform layers, were expressed as the typical feature of the water masses originating from the pacific.A two-layer structure also dominated the vertical stratification in most part of the Chukchi Sea.An obvious subseasonal variation was observed in the BS section, which caused varying transportation of fresh water, heat, and substance, and produced a long-term and extensive impact on the Arctic Ocean.
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