Warming of the West Spitsbergen Current and sea ice north of Svalbard

• Autorzy: Piechura J. , Walczowski W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

According to the results of recent research, besides the atmospheric circulation, it is heat transport to the Arctic Ocean (AO) by ocean currents, the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC) in particular, that is playing a significant role in the process of Arctic warming. Data collected by the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAS), in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas, and Fram Strait during the last 20 years reveal considerable changes in the amount of heat transported by the WSC into the Arctic Ocean. An increase in Atlantic Water (AW) temperature and the intensification of heat transport were observed in 2004-06; after this period, both parameters decreased. The aim of this study was to find out whether the fluctuations in heat input by the WSC have influenced the sea-ice distribution around Svalbard. In fact they do, but oceanic heat transport should nonetheless be regarded as just one of many processes influencing sea-ice behaviour.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Nordic Seas; ocean circulation; sea ice; climate change

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: No. 51 (2)
• Strony: 147--164
• Opis fizyczny: bibliogr. 16 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Piechura J.

autor

Walczowski W.

• Physical Oceanography Department, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, PL-81-712 Sopot, Poland;,

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