Transport of Atlantic Water in the western Barents Sea

• Main Authors: Asplin, Lars, Ingvaldsen, Randi, Loeng, Harald, Sætre, Roald
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2001
• Subjects: hydrography; currents; Barents Sea; hydrografi; Barentshavet; strømforhold; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Bear Island; Norway; Barentshav*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/100481

Measurements from an array of current meter moorings along a section between Norway and Bear Island indicate that the seasonal mean of inflowing Atlantic Water extends further to the north during the summer than during the winter. To further investigate this seasonal divergence and the transport rou...