The upper desalinated layer in the Kara Sea |
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| Authors: | A G Zatsepin P O Zavialov V V Kremenetskiy S G Poyarkov D M Soloviev |
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| Institution: | 1.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia;2.Marine Hydrophysical Institute,National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,Sevastopol,Ukraine |
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| Abstract: | An area of about 40000 km2 of desalinated upper layer waters with a salinity of less than 25 psu was found during cruise 54 of the R/V Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in the southwestern part of the Kara Sea (September 2007). Close to the boundary of this region located near the eastern
coast of Novaya Zemlya, the salinity was less than 16 psu. The thickness of the desalinated layer was about 10 m. The results
of the chemical analysis revealed that the observed desalination of the sea water was produced, first of all, by the Yenisei
River, while the contribution of the Ob River’s waters was secondary. However, the most desalinated region near the eastern
coast of Novaya Zemlya was separated from the Ob-Yenisei estuary and corresponded to a quasi-isolated lens. It is likely that
the formation of this lens, as well as the major part of the desalinated upper layer waters, occurred in June when the flood
of the Yenisei was maximal, while the further drift of the desalinated waters to the west of the Ob-Yenisei estuary was forced
by the prevailing northern wind. The additional desalination (by 2–3 psu and even more) of the upper layer waters near the
eastern coast of Novaya Zemlya might be related to the melting of the Novozemelskiy ice massif. The regularities of the temporal
evolution of the upper desalinated layer, as well as the influence of this layer on the hydrological structure and dynamics
of the southwestern Kara Sea, are discussed. |
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