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Atmospheric Climate Models: Simulation of the Arctic Ocean Fresh Water Budget Components

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The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean

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Atmospheric climate models driven by prescribed sea surface temperature (SST) and sea-ice simulate the two major components of the ocean fresh water budget (FWB): the direct input of fresh water as precipitation less evaporation (P-E) over the ocean surface; and the inflow of river water at the lateral boundaries of the ocean. The latter is ultimately driven by the precipitation and evaporation over the ocean’s terrestrial watersheds. A comprehensive hydrological component-model is required to provide proper migration and retention of the moisture within the land territory in order to simulate a realistic seasonality (and interannual variability) of fresh water inflow into the ocean.

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  1. Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, 7 Karbyshev str.,St, Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    V. M. Kattsov

  2. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 105 South Gregory Avenue, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    J. E. Walsh

  3. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Telegraphenberg A43, Potsdam, 14401, Germany

    A. Rinke & K. Dethloff

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  2. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Darthmouth, N.S., Canada

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  3. Institute of Marine Research, Kiel, Germany

    Peter Lemke (Professor of Meteorology) (Professor of Meteorology)

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Kattsov, V.M., Walsh, J.E., Rinke, A., Dethloff, K. (2000). Atmospheric Climate Models: Simulation of the Arctic Ocean Fresh Water Budget Components. In: Lewis, E.L., Jones, E.P., Lemke, P., Prowse, T.D., Wadhams, P. (eds) The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean. NATO Science Series, vol 70. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4132-1_10

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