Investigations of Winter Regime of the White Sea Estuaries in 2017–2020

P. N. Terskii^a^,*, E. D. Panchenko^a, S. L. Gorin^b, S. A. Agafonova^a, A. N. Vasilenko^a, Z. M. Kulikova^a, A. A. Popryadukhin^a, and A. M. Alabyan^a

^aFaculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

^bRussian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: pavel_tersky@mail.ru

Received 12 May, 2021

Abstract—Winter field campaigns conducted by the Department of Hydrology of the Moscow State University Geographical Faculty undertaken during winter periods of 2017–2020 are introduced. The estuarine zone of the Onega, Mezen, Varzuga, Umba, Kuzreka, Kyanda, and Tamitsa rivers, which flow into the White Sea, have been investigated. The methodology and preliminary analyses of tidal wave estuarine transformation, mixing zone dynamics, and ice cover formation are presented.

Keywords: White Sea, estuary, ice cover, tidal cycle, hydrological regime, Onega, Mezen, Varzuga, Umba, Kuzreka, Kyanda, Tamitsa

DOI: 10.1134/S0001437021060163