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Diagnostic evaluation of river discharge into the Arctic Ocean and its impact on oceanic volume transports
Susanna Winkelbauer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Michael Mayer
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom
Vanessa Seitner
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Ervin Zsoter
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom
Leopold Haimberger
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Short summary
We evaluate Arctic river discharge using in situ observations and state-of-the-art reanalyses, inter alia the most recent Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) river discharge reanalysis version 3.1. Furthermore, we combine reanalysis data, in situ observations, ocean reanalyses, and satellite data and use a Lagrangian optimization scheme to close the Arctic's volume budget on annual and seasonal scales, resulting in one reliable and up-to-date estimate of every volume budget term.
We evaluate Arctic river discharge using in situ observations and state-of-the-art reanalyses,...
