Closing the loop - Approaches to monitoring the state of the Arctic Mediterranean during the International Polar Year 2007-2008

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 62-89

  Mauritzen, C ^a   Hansen, E ^b   Andersson, M ^c   Berx, B ^d   Beszczynska Moller A ^e   Burud, I ^a   Christensen, K H ^a   Debernard, J ^a   de Steur, L ^b   Dodd, P ^b   Gerland, S ^b   Godøy, Ø ^a   Hansen, B ^f   Hudson, S ^b   Hoydalsvik F ^a   Ingvaldsen, R ^g   Isachsen, P E ^a   Kasajima, Y ^c   Koszalka, I ^h   Kovacs, K M ^b   Koltzow M ^a   LaCasce, J ^h   Lee, C M ⁱ   Lavergne, T ^a   Lydersen, C ^b   Nicolaus, M ^e   Nilsen, F ^j   Nost O A ^b   Orvik, K A ^c   Reigstad, M ^k   Schyberg, H ^a   Seuthe, L ^k   Skagseth, Ø ^g   Skardhamar, J ^g   Skogseth, R ^j   Sperrevik, A ^a   Svensen, C ^k   Soiland H ^g   Teigen, S H ^j   Tverberg, V ^g   Wexels Riser, C ^k   more..

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f FAROE MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Faroe Islands)

^g INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARCTIC ATMOSPHERE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ARCTIC SYSTEM; ATLANTIC WATER; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; CURRENT METERS; DATA SETS; EAST COAST; EAST GREENLAND CURRENTS; EULERIAN; FRAM STRAIT; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR; INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHES; LAGRANGIAN; LAYER THICKNESS; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; NORDIC SEAS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN FORECASTS; OCEAN MONITORING; PILOT PHASE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REAL TIME ACQUISITION; REAL-TIME TRANSMISSIONS; RESEARCH APPROACH; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA ICE MOTION; SEA-ICE DRIFT; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SEAGLIDERS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SNOW COVERS; SPACE AND TIME; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE DRIFTER; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERICS; GLIDERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RESEARCH; SEA ICE; SHIPS; SNOW; SPACE PLATFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MONITORING;

ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARRAY; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; EDDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SURVEY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956370664     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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