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Arctic freshwater fluxes: sources, tracer budgets and inconsistencies
Alexander Forryan
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Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Sheldon Bacon
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Takamasa Tsubouchi
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Sinhué Torres-Valdés
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Short summary
We compare control volume and geochemical tracer-based methods of estimating the Arctic Ocean freshwater budget and find both methods in good agreement. Inconsistencies arise from the distinction between
Atlanticand
Pacificwaters in the geochemical calculations. The definition of Pacific waters is particularly problematic due to the non-conservative nature of the nutrients underpinning the definition and the low salinity characterizing waters entering the Arctic through Bering Strait.
We compare control volume and geochemical tracer-based methods of estimating the Arctic Ocean...