TY - JOUR AU - Gerdes , Rüdiger AU - Köberle , Cornelia PY - 1999/01/12 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Numerical simulation of salinity anomaly propagation in the Nordic seas and the Arctic Ocean JF - Polar Research JA - POLAR VL - 18 IS - 2 SE - Research/review articles DO - 10.3402/polar.v18i2.6569 UR - https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2225 SP - 159-166 AB - We investigate the response of the Nordic seas-Arctic Ocean system to surface freshwater flux anomalies that we regard as typical for long-term atmospheric variability. We employ response experiments with a coupled sea ice-ocean model where we introduce a surface freshwater flux anomaly (A) over the Norwegian Sea and (B) in the Laptev Sea. Case A offers an explanation for the intermediate depth salinity changes observed in the Amundsen Basin. The signal observed there belongs to an original perturbation that, according to the model, occurred around a decade earlier. Salinity fluctuations in the Laptev Sea could play a role in changes in the near surface salinity in the Amundsen Basin. ER -