HE24B:
Linkages Among Changes in Physical and Biogeochemical Processes in the Eurasian Sector of the Arctic Ocean Posters


Session ID#: 27518

Session Description:
Marked changes in the eastern Eurasian Basin have occurred in the last few years, including a reduced stratification due to a weak (or absent) cold halocline layer, shoaling of the Atlantic layer and increased winter ventilation of the ocean interior, and a reduction in the sea ice cover that rivals the large losses observed in the Chukchi Sea and Canada Basin. These changes represent a transition of the Arctic to a new, more dynamic climate state, with the eastern Eurasian Basin becoming more structurally similar to the western Eurasian Basin. These ongoing changes have important implications for physical (e.g., heat budget, sea ice cover) and biogeochemical (e.g., nutrient availability, primary production, carbon cycling) processes in the Eurasian sector of the Arctic Ocean.

We invite abstracts that explore changes to the physical and/or biogeochemical processes of the Eurasian Basin as well as the links and feedbacks between these processes such that present and future change in this region of the Arctic Ocean may be better understood and predicted. We welcome submissions based on observations, models, and a combination of the two. While abstracts may focus on physical, biological, or chemical processes, we particularly encourage interdisciplinary submissions.

Primary Chair:  Matthew Buckley Alkire, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Igor Polyakov, Andrey Pnyushkov and Robert Rember, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Moderators:  Matthew Buckley Alkire, University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab, Seatle, OR, United States and Till Baumann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Matthew Buckley Alkire, University of Washington, Applied Physics Lab, Seatle, OR, United States
Index Terms:

1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4207 Arctic and Antarctic oceanography [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • BN - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • CT - Chemical Tracers, Organic Matter and Trace Elements
  • PO - Physical Oceanography: Other

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Heather E Reader1,2, Dorothea Bauch3, Dr. Mats A Granskog, PhD4, Benjamin Rabe5 and Colin A Stedmon1, (1)Technical University of Denmark, National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (2)University of Calgary, Environmental Sciences Program, Calgary, AB, Canada, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (4)Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway, (5)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Karl Kaiser, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Galveston, TX, United States, Ge Yan, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Sciences, Galveston, TX, United States, Ronald H Benner, University of South Carolina, Marine Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC, United States and Rainer M W Amon, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Ge Yan1, Karl Kaiser1 and Rainer M W Amon2, (1)Texas A & M University at Galveston, Marine Sciences, Galveston, TX, United States, (2)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Alexey K Pavlov1, Hanna Kauko2, Torbjørn Taskjelle3, Børge Hamre3, Phillip Assmy1, Piotr Kowalczuk4, Pedro Duarte2, Colin A Stedmon5 and Dr. Mats A Granskog, PhD6, (1)Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, (2)Norwegian Polar Institute, Biological Oceanography, Tromsø, Norway, (3)University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway, (4)Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Marine Physics Department, Sopot, Poland, (5)Technical University of Denmark, National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (6)Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Ioanna Merkouriadi1, Bin Cheng2, Robert M. Graham1, Anja Rösel1 and Dr. Mats A Granskog, PhD3, (1)Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway, (2)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (3)Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Till Baumann1, Igor Polyakov2, Andrey Pnyushkov1, Robert Rember3, Ilona Goszczko4, Matthew Buckley Alkire5, Vladimir Ivanov6 and Eddy Carmack7, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)IO PAS, Sopot, Poland, (5)Polar Science Ctr, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia, (7)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada
Matthew Buckley Alkire1, Igor Polyakov2, Robert Rember3, Andrey Pnyushkov3 and Vladimir Ivanov4, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Univ Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St.Petersburg, Russia