Oceanographic data in the Greenland Sea and around Svalbard in 1991-1993 ...

• Main Authors: Ushio, Shuki, Ito, Hajime, Ono, Nobuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2008
• Subjects: CTD/Rosette; Underway cruise track measurements; KF1991; KF1992; KF1993; LA92; LA93/4; SVALB1993a; SVALB1993b; Boat; Lance; Polarstar; Origo; National Polar Research Programme of Japan NIPR; Arctic Ocean; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Greenland; Greenland Sea; National Institute of Polar Research; North Atlantic; Sea ice; Svalbard; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.701498; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.701498

The Arctic Ocean is connected with the North Atlantic Ocean by the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. The strait is located in the northern part of the Greenland Sea. In the eastern part of the strait, warm saline water flows northward as the West Spitsbergen Current; while in the western part, cold less-saline water flows southward as the East Greenland Current. The northwestern part of the Greenland Sea is normally covered with sea ice even in summer. Furthermore, this region is regarded as a major area where the Arctic sea ice is discharged into mid latitude oceans. Thus, this area plays an important role in heat and salt exchange processes in the Arctic marine system.The reveal exchange processes of water masses and ocean-atmosphere interaction in high-latitude oceans, a number of international research programs have been focused on the Greenland Sea and its surrounding waters. As one of the international Arctic research programs, oceanographic studies have been executed in cooperation with the ... : Supplement to: Ushio, Shuki; Ito, Hajime; Ono, Nobuo (1998): Oceanographic data in the Greenland Sea and around Svalbard in 1991-1993. NIPR Arctic Data Reports, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 3, 46 pp ...