2024-03-29T15:38:54Zhttps://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace-oai/requestoai:eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp:2115/144072022-11-17T02:08:08Zhdl_2115_20051hdl_2115_144Summer transport estimates of the Kamchatka Current derived as a variational inverse of hydrophysical and surface drifter dataPanteleev, G.G.Stabeno, P.Luchin, V.A.Nechaev, D.A.Ikeda, M.450The quasistationary summer Bering Sea circulation is reconstructed as a variational inverse of the hydrographic and atmospheric climatologies, transport estimates through the Bering Strait, and surface drifter data. Our results indicate the splitting of the Kamchatka Current in the vicinity of the Shirshov Ridge. This branching is in agreement with independent ARGO drifter observations. It was also found, that transport of the Kamchatka Current gradually increases downstream from 14 Sv in the Olyutorsky Gulf to 24 Sv in the Kamchatka Strait, which is twice higher than previous estimates.AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNIONJournal Articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2115/14407https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/14407/1/2006GL024974.pdf0094-8276Geophysical Research Letters339L096092006-05-12enginfo:doi/10.1029/2005GL024974, 2006An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2006 American Geophysical Union.publisher