ICES Report on Ocean Climate 2021 ...

ICES Report on Ocean Climate (IROC) combines decades of ocean observations across the North Atlantic ICES regions to describe the current status of sea temperature, salinity, and atmospheric conditions, as well as observed trends and recent variability. Regional analyses are prepared by the local ex...

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Main Authors: Gonzalez-Pola, Cesar, Larsen, Karin M. H., Fratantoni, Paula, Beszczynska-Möller, Agnieska
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: ICES Cooperative Research Reports (CRR) 2023
Subjects:
Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Atlantic, Northeast ICES Ecoregion; FAO area 27
Atlantic, Northwest FAO area 21
Azores ICES Ecoregion
Baltic Sea ICES Ecoregion
Barents Sea ICES Ecoregion
Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast ICES Ecoregion
Celtic Seas ICES Ecoregion
Faroes ICES Ecoregion
Greater North Sea ICES Ecoregion
Greenland Sea ICES Ecoregion
Icelandic Waters ICES Ecoregion
Norwegian Sea ICES Ecoregion
Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion
Barents Sea
Faroe Bank
Greenland
Norwegian Sea
Faroes
Fram Strait
Greenland Sea
Nordic Seas
North Atlantic
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24755574
https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/ICES_Report_on_Ocean_Climate_2021/24755574
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Summary:ICES Report on Ocean Climate (IROC) combines decades of ocean observations across the North Atlantic ICES regions to describe the current status of sea temperature, salinity, and atmospheric conditions, as well as observed trends and recent variability. Regional analyses are prepared by the local experts who are directly involved in the monitoring programmes responsible for collecting the data presented in the report. The report describes in detail the status of 2021 conditions, including how the record-low salinities first observed in the Subpolar Gyre in 2016/2017 have continued to spread along the main circulation pathways both towards the north (into the North Sea, Nordic Seas, Barents Sea, and Fram Strait) and the south (into the Subtropical Gyre). Salinities in the Subpolar Gyre itself and in the immediate downstream pathways (e.g. Atlantic Water in the Faroe Current, Faroe Bank Channel, and deep regions west of Scotland) have increased to near-average. Regional record warming in some regions and ...

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