TY - JOUR
T1 - The arctic freshwater system
T2 - Changes and impacts
AU - White, Daniel
AU - Hinzman, Larry
AU - Alessa, Lilian
AU - Cassano, John
AU - Chambers, Molly
AU - Falkner, Kelly
AU - Francis, Jennifer
AU - Gutowski, William J.
AU - Holland, Marika
AU - Max Holmes, R.
AU - Huntington, Henry
AU - Kane, Douglas
AU - Kliskey, Andrew
AU - Lee, Craig
AU - McClelland, James
AU - Peterson, Bruce
AU - Scott Rupp, T.
AU - Straneo, Fiamma
AU - Steele, Michael
AU - Woodgate, Rebecca
AU - Yang, Daqing
AU - Yoshikawa, Kenji
AU - Zhang, Tingjun
PY - 2007/12/28
Y1 - 2007/12/28
N2 - Dramatic changes have been observed in the Arctic over the last century. Many of these involve the storage and cycling of fresh water. On land, precipitation and river discharge, lake abundance and size, glacier area and volume, soil moisture, and a variety of permafrost characteristics have changed. In the ocean, sea ice thickness and areal coverage have decreased and water mass circulation patterns have shifted, changing freshwater pathways and sea ice cover dynamics. Precipitation onto the ocean surface has also changed. Such changes are expected to continue, and perhaps accelerate, in the coming century, enhanced by complex feedbacks between the oceanic, atmospheric, and terrestrial freshwater systems. Change to the arctic freshwater system heralds changes for our global physical and ecological environment as well as human activities in the Arctic. In this paper we review observed changes in the arctic freshwater system over the last century in terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic systems.
AB - Dramatic changes have been observed in the Arctic over the last century. Many of these involve the storage and cycling of fresh water. On land, precipitation and river discharge, lake abundance and size, glacier area and volume, soil moisture, and a variety of permafrost characteristics have changed. In the ocean, sea ice thickness and areal coverage have decreased and water mass circulation patterns have shifted, changing freshwater pathways and sea ice cover dynamics. Precipitation onto the ocean surface has also changed. Such changes are expected to continue, and perhaps accelerate, in the coming century, enhanced by complex feedbacks between the oceanic, atmospheric, and terrestrial freshwater systems. Change to the arctic freshwater system heralds changes for our global physical and ecological environment as well as human activities in the Arctic. In this paper we review observed changes in the arctic freshwater system over the last century in terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic systems.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/39849098155
U2 - 10.1029/2006jg000353
DO - 10.1029/2006jg000353
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:39849098155
SN - 0148-0227
VL - 112
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research
IS - 4
M1 - G04S54
ER -