Confluence and redistribution of Atlantic water in the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: U. Schauer, B. Rudels, E. P. Jones, L. G. Anderson, R. D. Muench, G. Björk, J. H. Swift, V. Ivanov, A.-M. Larsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2002
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Gakkel Ridge; St. Anna Trough; Fram Strait; Lomonosov Ridge; Nansen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-20-257-2002; https://doaj.org/article/77c2eea38ed74e0c8540371d4db2687a

The waters in the Eurasian Basin are conditioned by the confluence of the boundary flow of warm, saline Fram Strait water and cold low salinity water from the Barents Sea entering through the St. Anna Trough. Hydrographic sections obtained from RV Polarstern during the summer of 1996 (ACSYS 96) acro...