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peripheral seas. Anomalies east of Greenland (Region 8 in Figs. 1 and 3) are highly correlated 
with anomalies of ice transport into the Fram Strait. The simulated outflows of ice mass through 
the Fram and Bering Straits vary by factors of 2-3 in successive years (Fig. 4). The mean 
ocean currents prescribed in the simulations account for 20-30% of the simulated outflow in the 
Fram Strait. 
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CORRELATION 
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Fig. 3. Correlations between 2-month changes of regional anomalies of mass and departures from 
normal growth/melt (hatched bars) or advective flux convergence (solid bars) in each region. 
Results are shown for all 2-month periods ending in winter (December-February), spring 
(March-May), summer (June-August), and autumn (September-November). Standard deviation 
(1013 kg) of monthly mass anomalies in each region are shown adjacent to correlation bars. 
