Water masses of the Cooperation Sea
Abstract
A large amount of data obtained during the expeditions of the last 15 years and the launching of the MEOP program allow synthesizing and refining previous classifications of water masses in the Cooperation Sea with due account of hydrochemical parameters for warm season and finding the range of thermohaline values of water masses in the Cooperation Sea for cold season. It is revealed that seasonal variability shows itself by the changes of depths and locations of water masses, particularly Ice Shelf Water and Modified Circumpolar Deep Water, rather than by the changes of thermohaline parameters of water masses.
Keywords
water mass,
Southern Ocean,
shelf water,
ice shelf water,
Antarctic bottom water,
the Cooperation Sea,
the Prydz Bay,
water structure
Supporting agencies: The authors are grateful to N.N. Antipov, acting Head of the Laboratory of oceanographic and climatic investigations of Antarctica of the AANII, for valuable comments to the paper, and to the shipboard scientific-technical crew of the R/V «Akademik Fedorov» for their help in obtaining expedition data. Compilation of databases was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project № 19-17-00110).
About the Authors
A. A. Fedotova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD student
Faculty of Geography, Department of Oceanology
A. N. Demidov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Faculty of Geography, Department of Oceanology
K. V. Artamonova
All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Scientific Researcher, PhD. in Geography
Department of Climate Dynamics and Aquatic Ecosystems
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Fedotova A.A., Demidov A.N., Artamonova K.V. Water masses of the Cooperation Sea. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2020;(1):105-113. (In Russ.)
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