Arctic Ocean circulation

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ocean circulation system physical oceanographic process

Arctic Ocean circulation is the system of currents and water movements in the Arctic Ocean that redistributes heat, freshwater, and sea ice across the polar region and connects it to the global ocean.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ocean circulation system ⓘ physical oceanographic process ⓘ
affectedBy	climate change ⓘ sea ice decline ⓘ
characterizedBy	large freshwater storage in Beaufort Gyre ⓘ strong stratification ⓘ
connectedBy	Barents Sea Opening NERFINISHED ⓘ Bering Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Fram Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectedTo	North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTo	global ocean circulation ⓘ
drivenBy	Coriolis force ⓘ density gradients ⓘ freshwater fluxes ⓘ sea ice formation ⓘ sea ice melt ⓘ surface heat fluxes ⓘ wind forcing ⓘ
exports	freshwater through Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ freshwater through Fram Strait ⓘ sea ice through Fram Strait ⓘ
hasComponent	Arctic boundary currents ⓘ Atlantic Water inflow ⓘ Beaufort Gyre NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Water inflow ⓘ Transpolar Drift Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ deep water circulation ⓘ overflow plumes ⓘ shelf-basin exchange ⓘ
imports	Atlantic Water through Barents Sea Opening ⓘ Atlantic Water through Fram Strait NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Water through Bering Strait ⓘ
includes	anticyclonic circulation patterns ⓘ cyclonic circulation patterns ⓘ deep circulation ⓘ intermediate circulation ⓘ surface circulation ⓘ
influences	Arctic climate ⓘ Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation NERFINISHED ⓘ freshwater export to North Atlantic ⓘ marine ecosystems in the Arctic ⓘ nutrient distribution in the Arctic Ocean ⓘ ocean heat transport to Arctic sea ice ⓘ sea ice distribution ⓘ
modulatedBy	Arctic Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Oscillation NERFINISHED ⓘ atmospheric circulation patterns ⓘ
occursIn	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
playsRoleIn	global freshwater budget ⓘ global heat budget ⓘ
redistributes	freshwater ⓘ heat ⓘ sea ice ⓘ

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Transpolar Drift Stream → partOf → Arctic Ocean circulation ⓘ