River Discharge

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• Personal Author:
  Holmes, R. M. ; Shiklomanov, A. I. ; Suslova, A. ; Tretiakov, M. ; McClelland, J. W. ; Scott, L. ; Spencer, R. G. M. ; Tank, S. E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ; ; Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing)
• Description:
  Arctic river discharge is a key indicator reflecting changes in the hydrologic cycle associated with widespread environmental change in the Arctic. It is the most accurately measured component of the Arctic water cycle (Shiklomanov et al. 2006). Records of Arctic river discharge since the early 1930s reveal a long-term increase of freshwater flux to the Arctic Ocean, providing compelling evidence of intensification of the Arctic water cycle (Peterson et al. 2002; McClelland et al. 2006). This hydrologic and associated biogeochemical change has significant ramifications for the Arctic Ocean, which contains only about 1% of global ocean water yet receives 11% of the global river discharge (Aagaard and Carmack 1989; McClelland et al. 2012).
• Keywords:
  • Arctic Report Card
• Series:
  NOAA Technical Report OAR ARC ; 21-11
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/zevf-ar65
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Arctic regions
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/34199/noaa_34199_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 616.07 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a99741b62e67881ca13a0507e2f1c9bfaccc24b31257b38d58c2effee6d34a9e