Eddy-driven recirculation of Atlantic Water in Fram Strait

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Hattermann, Tore, Isachsen, Pål Erik, von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Albretsen, Jon, Sundfjord, Arild
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Molloy; Molloy Hole; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Nordic Seas; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2584565; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068323

Eddy‐resolving regional ocean model results in conjunction with synthetic float trajectories and observations provide new insights into the recirculation of the Atlantic Water (AW) in Fram Strait that significantly impacts the redistribution of oceanic heat between the Nordic Seas and the Arctic Oce...