SEA ICE VOLUME FLUX THROUGH FRAM STRAIT FROM COMBINED SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA FOR 2003 TO 2007
The net annual sea ice volume exported through Fram Strait into the Greenland Sea amounts to about 10 % of the total sea ice mass of the Arctic Ocean and is the single largest source of freshwater in the Nordic Seas [1]. As the ice melts on its way south, inter-annual variability and perturbations i...
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Summary: | The net annual sea ice volume exported through Fram Strait into the Greenland Sea amounts to about 10 % of the total sea ice mass of the Arctic Ocean and is the single largest source of freshwater in the Nordic Seas [1]. As the ice melts on its way south, inter-annual variability and perturbations in the sea ice transport through Fram Strait result in a change of the surface water salt content and alter the stratification of the Greenland Sea. By this the major water mass formation processes of dense water and |
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