Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 1681-1208 46607 ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ ORIGINAL ARTICLES ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ СТАТЬИ Intra-annual variations of intensity of subsurface currents and surface water temperature in the southwestern part of the Barents Sea inferred from drifter data Intra-annual variations of intensity of subsurface currents and surface water temperature in the southwestern part of the Barents Sea inferred from drifter data Nikitin O P Nikitin O P Zhukovskaya A O Zhukovskaya A O N. N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute ru N. N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute ru N. N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute ru N. N. Zubov State Oceanographic Institute ru 16 3 1 7 29 10 2021 https://rjes.ru/en/nauka/article/46607/view

The paper presents a description of observations of near-surface currents and water temperature at the surface, made in the Barents Sea and in the south-western part of the Kara Sea with the help of satellite tracked drifting buoys -- drifters. This information should be taken into account when planning further drifter observations in the considered area. For the southwestern region of the Barents Sea -- the most covered by drifter observations~--~the intra-annual variations of the averaged velocity module of currents at the depth of 15~m and the average temperature at the water surface are calculated. It is shown that the currents intensify in winter and weaken in summer with a minimum of the velocity module in August. Water temperature at the surface, on the contrary, has a maximum in August, and a minimum is reached in April.

The paper presents a description of observations of near-surface currents and water temperature at the surface, made in the Barents Sea and in the south-western part of the Kara Sea with the help of satellite tracked drifting buoys -- drifters. This information should be taken into account when planning further drifter observations in the considered area. For the southwestern region of the Barents Sea -- the most covered by drifter observations~--~the intra-annual variations of the averaged velocity module of currents at the depth of 15~m and the average temperature at the water surface are calculated. It is shown that the currents intensify in winter and weaken in summer with a minimum of the velocity module in August. Water temperature at the surface, on the contrary, has a maximum in August, and a minimum is reached in April.

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