Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

• Main Authors: Rudels, B., Meyer, R., Fahrbach, E., Ivanov, V. V., Østerhus, S., Quadfasel, D., Schauer, U., Tverberg, V., Woodgate, R. A.
• Other Authors: Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR), Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), Geophysical Institute Bergen (GFI / BiU), University of Bergen (UiB), Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen (NBI), Faculty of Science Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Applied Physics Laboratory Seattle (APL-UW), University of Washington Seattle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2000
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Greenland; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Nordic Seas; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316683; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316683/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316683/file/angeo-18-687-2000.pdf

International audience The water mass distribution in northern Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997 is described using CTD data from two cruises in the area. The West Spitsbergen Current was found to split, one part recirculated towards the west, while the other part, on entering t...