XBT-Transects along 60°N, Greenland-Scotland, 1989-1999 ...

• Main Author: Stein, M.
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES MSS Vol.219 - Hydrobiological variability in the ICES Area, 1990-1999 2023
• Subjects: Greenland Sea ICES Ecoregion; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Cape Farewell; Greenland Sea; Iceland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19271876.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/XBT-Transects_along_60_N_Greenland-Scotland_1989-1999/19271876/1

During the annual autumn cruises of RV "Walther Herwig" (II and III) to East and West Greenland, the vertical distribution of temperature down to 800-m depth was measured using XBTs. The data presented in the article are transects that cross the North Atlantic Ocean at about 60°N from Cape Farewell to the Pentland Firth, taken between 1989 and 1999. Interannual variations in the water column are discussed. At depths of 400 m in the Irminger Sea Proper (60°N, 37°W) as well as south off Iceland in the North Atlantic Current (60°N, 20°W), temperatures range from 3.4°C to 5.5°C, and from 7.4°C to 8.9°C, respectively, with 1996 being the warmest year at both sites. Article from Marine Science Symposia Vol. 219 - "Hydrobiological variability in the ICES Area, 1990-1999", symposium held in Edinburgh, 8-10 August 2001. To access the remaining articles please click on the keyword "MSS Vol. 219". ...