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Panteleev et al. 2006

Panteleev, G.G., Stabeno, P., Luchin, V.A., Nechaev, D.A. and Ikeda, M. (2006). Summer transport estimates of the Kamchatka Current derived as a variational inverse of hydrophysical and surface drifter data. Geophysical Research Letters 33: doi: 10.1029/2005GL024974. issn: 0094-8276.

The quasistationary summer Bering Sea circulation is reconstructed as a variational inverse of the hydrographic and atmospheric climatologies, transport estimates through the Bering Strait, and surface drifter data. Our results indicate the splitting of the Kamchatka Current in the vicinity of the Shirshov Ridge. This branching is in agreement with independent ARGO drifter observations. It was also found, that transport of the Kamchatka Current gradually increases downstream from 14 Sv in the Olyutorsky Gulf to 24 Sv in the Kamchatka Strait, which is twice higher than previous estimates.

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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, General circulation (1218, 1222), Oceanography, Physical, Currents

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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