Variability and impacts of Atlantic Water entering the Barents Sea from the north

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-88

  Lind, Sigrid ^a,b,c   Ingvaldsen, Randi B ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean boundary current; Atlantic Water slope current; Barents Sea heat transport; Fram Strait Branch; Northern Barents Sea; Northwest Barents Sea

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC WATER; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; NORTHERN BARENTS SEA;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEA ICE; WIND STRESS;

MOORING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CURRENT; DECADAL VARIATION; EKMAN PUMPING; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; ICE COVER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK; UPWELLING; WIND STRESS;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT; FRANZ JOSEF LAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84856079449     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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