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

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: S. Østerhus, R. Woodgate, H. Valdimarsson, B. Turrell, L. de Steur, D. Quadfasel, S. M. Olsen, M. Moritz, C. M. Lee, K. M. H. Larsen, S. Jónsson, C. Johnson, K. Jochumsen, B. Hansen, B. Curry, S. Cunningham, B. Berx
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Greenland; Pacific; Faroe Bank; Denmark Strait; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-379-2019; https://doaj.org/article/69cd8ba8071d4d8aa4796fb19a849ab7

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...