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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2022, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 280-290

New regions of short-period internal wave generation in the Laptev Sea revealed from Sentinel-1 data

I.E. Kozlov 1 , A.V. Kuzmin 1 
1 Marine Hydrophysical Institute RAS, Sevastopol, Russia
Accepted: 15.08.2022
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2022-19-4-280-290
The paper presents the results of the analysis of short-period internal waves (SIWs) in the Laptev Sea obtained during processing of Sentinel 1A/B satellite imagery for the summer-autumn period of 2020. Based on the analysis of 728 radar images, 1659 surface manifestations of SIWs were identified, maps of the SIW probability and their main spatial characteristics were plotted. Most of the SIW manifestations were recorded at the end of the summer-autumn period, which could be associated with both more pronounced vertical stratification and a larger ice-free area. It is shown that the most intense SIW generation in the Laptev Sea occurs at the shelf break region north of the New Siberian Islands and at the exit from the Khatanga Bay. These areas are characterized by intense tidal currents, and the highest values of barotropic tidal energy density and its dissipation rate. Comparison of the results of observations for 2011 and 2020 showed that the main areas of concentration of SIW manifestations are similar, but have become much wider. A number of new areas of stable SIW generation have been identified in the Vilkitsky Strait and on the southeastern shelf of the Kara Sea, to the west of Kotelny Island, above deep water in the southeastern part of the Amundsen Basin, as well as to the north of Novaya Sibir Island. As a result of satellite data processing for 2020, an order of magnitude more SIW manifestations were identified compared to 2011, which confirms the effectiveness of using satellite SAR data to identify new regions of SIW formation and assess their impact on the Arctic climate.
Keywords: short-period internal waves, tidal currents, satellite radar images, Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean
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