Beaufort Gyre
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The Beaufort Gyre is a large, wind-driven ocean circulation system in the Arctic Ocean that traps and stores vast amounts of sea ice and freshwater.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project | 0 | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ocean circulation system
→
ocean gyre → physical oceanographic feature → |
| associatedCurrent | Beaufort Sea surface circulation → |
| associatedWith |
Ekman transport
→
surface form:
Ekman pumping
Ekman transport → freshwater accumulation → freshwater release events → sea ice convergence → |
| boundedBy |
Alaska
→
Arctic Archipelago →
surface form:
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Greenland → Transpolar Drift Stream → |
| climateChangeImpact |
changes in sea ice cover and thickness
→
increased freshwater storage in recent decades → |
| countryCoastlinesNearby |
Canada
→
United States of America →
surface form:
United States
|
| dominantWindSystem | Beaufort High → |
| drivingForce |
Beaufort High atmospheric pressure system
→
Coriolis effect → surface wind stress → |
| hemisphere | Northern Hemisphere → |
| influences |
Arctic Ocean stratification
→
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation → North Atlantic subpolar gyre system →
surface form:
North Atlantic circulation
freshwater export from the Arctic Ocean → ocean heat content distribution in the Arctic → regional Arctic climate → sea ice distribution in the Arctic Ocean → |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
→
Beaufort Sea → Canada Basin → |
| monitoredBy |
oceanographic moorings
→
research icebreakers → satellite observations → |
| oceanBasin | Arctic Ocean → |
| partOf |
Arctic climate system
→
Arctic freshwater system → Arctic sea ice system → |
| primaryWindDirection | anticyclonic → |
| researchProgram |
Beaufort Gyre
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project
|
| riskIfFreshwaterReleased |
potential impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation strength
→
potential weakening of North Atlantic deep water formation → |
| rotationDirection | clockwise → |
| stores |
freshwater
→
low-salinity surface water → sea ice → |
| typicalState | anticyclonic circulation → |
| waterMassType |
low-salinity surface layer
→
surface freshwater lens → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project