Abstract
The paper considers the spatial and temporal variability of sensible and latent heat fluxes over the Barents and Kara seas during 1979-2018 based on the ERA-Interim reanalysis data with a 6-hour resolution. It is shown that the localization of extreme turbulent fluxes over the past decades has not changed as compared to the middle and second half of the 20th century. It is revealed that the greatest spatial and temporal variability of the fluxes is observed in the southern and southwestern sectors of the Barents Sea. It is demonstrated that the winter values of the spatial variability of heat fluxes exceed the summer ones by 2-5 times, and annual total heat flux values in the Barents Sea are 3-5 times higher than in the Kara Sea. The study of the influence of the pressure field anomalies during different phases of the North Atlantic, Arctic, and Scandinavian oscillations on the intensity of turbulent fluxes showed that the area of warm currents of the Barents Sea is most sensitive to changes in the atmospheric circulation.
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