Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate
<qd> Walczowski, W., Piechura, J., Goszczko, I., and Wieczorek, P. Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss068. </qd>The advection of warm Atlantic water (AW) through the Nor...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:icesjms:fss068v1 2023-05-15T14:57:46+02:00 Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate Walczowski, Waldemar Piechura, Jan Goszczko, Ilona Wieczorek, Piotr 2012-05-03 07:34:53.0 text/html http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fss068v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss068 en eng Oxford University Press http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/fss068v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss068 Copyright (C) 2012, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea/Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer ICES/NAFO - Variability of North Atlantic Marine Ecosystems 2000-2009 TEXT 2012 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fss068 2013-05-26T22:47:31Z <qd> Walczowski, W., Piechura, J., Goszczko, I., and Wieczorek, P. Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss068. </qd>The advection of warm Atlantic water (AW) through the Nordic Seas and its transformation (cooling and freshening) is one of the most important climatological processes in the region. Time-series of hydrographic observations in the northern Nordic Seas and the Fram Strait region are presented and analysed. Significant variability in the properties of AW has been observed in recent years. A 15-year time-series of summer observations indicate positive trends in salinity and temperature and two 5–6-year cycles. The northward advance of AW in 2006 was an unprecedented event. The position of the warm-water tongue shifted more than 350 km to the north, and temperatures in the West Spitsbergen Current reached the highest values ever recorded. These changes in AW temperature, heat content, and northward transport had a strong influence on the oceanic climate and sea-ice conditions north of Svalbard. These oceanic signals led to environmental changes that confirm the primary role of the ocean in shaping the climate of the region. Text Arctic Fram Strait Nordic Seas North Atlantic Sea ice Svalbard Spitsbergen HighWire Press (Stanford University) Arctic Svalbard ICES Journal of Marine Science 69 5 864 869 |
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<qd> Walczowski, W., Piechura, J., Goszczko, I., and Wieczorek, P. Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fss068. </qd>The advection of warm Atlantic water (AW) through the Nordic Seas and its transformation (cooling and freshening) is one of the most important climatological processes in the region. Time-series of hydrographic observations in the northern Nordic Seas and the Fram Strait region are presented and analysed. Significant variability in the properties of AW has been observed in recent years. A 15-year time-series of summer observations indicate positive trends in salinity and temperature and two 5–6-year cycles. The northward advance of AW in 2006 was an unprecedented event. The position of the warm-water tongue shifted more than 350 km to the north, and temperatures in the West Spitsbergen Current reached the highest values ever recorded. These changes in AW temperature, heat content, and northward transport had a strong influence on the oceanic climate and sea-ice conditions north of Svalbard. These oceanic signals led to environmental changes that confirm the primary role of the ocean in shaping the climate of the region. |
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Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate |
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Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate |
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Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate |
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Changes in Atlantic water properties: an important factor in the European Arctic marine climate |
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