Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: a consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Østerhus, Svein, Woodgate, Rebecca, Valdimarsson, Héðinn, Turrell, Bill, Steur, Laura, Quadfasel, Detlef, Olsen, Steffen M., Moritz, Martin, Lee, Craig M., Larsen, Karin Margretha H., Jónsson, Steingrímur, Johnson, Clare, Jochumsen, Kerstin, Hansen, Bogi, Curry, Beth, Cunningham, Stuart, Berx, Barbara
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Faroe Bank; Greenland; Pacific; Denmark Strait; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-379-2019; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/15/379/2019/

The Arctic Mediterranean (AM) is the collective name for the Arctic Ocean, the Nordic Seas, and their adjacent shelf seas. Water enters into this region through the Bering Strait (Pacific inflow) and through the passages across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge (Atlantic inflow) and is modified within th...