Frontal structures in the West Spitsbergen Current margins

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Author: W. Walczowski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Damocles; Nordic Seas; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-957-2013; https://doaj.org/article/071c1b6a2cc148dba5471c0cb717892f

The structures of the hydrographic fronts separating the Atlantic-origin waters from ambient waters in the northern Nordic Seas are discussed. Flows of the western and eastern branches of the West Spitsbergen Current create the Atlantic domain borders and maintain these fronts. This work is based on...