Oceanographic observations in the Nordic Sea and Fram Strait in 2016 under the IO PAN long-term monitoring program AREX

• Autorzy: Walczowski W. , Beszczyńska-Möller A. , Wieczorek P. , Merchel M. , Grynczel A.

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DOI

10.1016/j.oceano.2016.12.003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Since 1987 annual summer cruises to the Nordic Seas and Fram Strait have been conducted by the IO PAN research vessel Oceania under the long-term monitoring program AREX. Here we present a short description of measurements and preliminary results obtained during the open ocean part of the AREX 2016 cruise. Spatial distributions of Atlantic water temperature and salinity in 2016 are similar to their long-term mean fields except for warmer recirculation of Atlantic water in the northern Fram Strait. The longest observation record from the section N along 76°30′N reveals a steady increase of Atlantic water salinity, while temperature trend depends strongly on parametrization used to define the Atlantic water layer. However spatially averaged temperature at different depths indicate an increase of Atlantic water temperature in the whole layer from the surface down to 1000 m.

Słowa kluczowe

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Nordic Seas; physical oceanography; Atlantic water

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: No. 59 (2)
• Strony: 187--194
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., mapy, tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Walczowski W.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

autor

Beszczyńska-Möller A.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

autor

Wieczorek P.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

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Merchel M.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

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Grynczel A.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).