Variations in the cascading Barents Sea bottom water into the Norwegian Sea

• Main Authors: Skagseth, Øystein, Mork, Kjell Arne, Loeng, Harald
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ICES 2006
• Subjects: hydrography; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Barents Sea; Bear Island; Norwegian Sea
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/100917

Based on observations variations of the bottom water in the Bear Island Channel and the faith of this water downstream in the Norwegian Sea is investigated in relation to the Atlantic Water flow into the Barents Sea. On the annual scale there is a marked seasonality both for temperature and current....