The Polar Front in the northwestern Barents Sea: structure, variability and mixing

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Kolås, Eivind H., Fer, Ilker, Baumann, Till M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Barents Sea; Hopen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-895-2024; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/20/895/2024/

In the northwestern Barents Sea the warm and salty Atlantic Water meets the cold and fresh Polar Water, forming a distinct thermohaline front, the Barents Sea Polar Front. Here we present the structure of the front, its variability and associated mixing using observations from two cruises conducted...