Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982
Hydrographic (CTD) observations obtained with R/V ‘Lance’ in July-August 1982 across the Fram Strait are presented. The extent and the presence of traditional water masses such as Atlantic Water, Polar Water and Greenland Sea Deep Water are discussed. The complicated hydrographical structure in the...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2527 2023-05-15T15:04:38+02:00 Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 Farrelly, B. Gammelsrød, T. Golmen, L. G. Sjøberg, B. 1985-01-12 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2527 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i2.6954 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2527/5778 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2527 doi:10.3402/polar.v3i2.6954 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 3 No. 2 (1985); 227-238 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1985 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v3i2.6954 2021-11-11T19:12:57Z Hydrographic (CTD) observations obtained with R/V ‘Lance’ in July-August 1982 across the Fram Strait are presented. The extent and the presence of traditional water masses such as Atlantic Water, Polar Water and Greenland Sea Deep Water are discussed. The complicated hydrographical structure in the upper water masses due to eddies and fronts near the ice edge is noted. An intermediate water mass characterized by a salinity minimum is found all across the Strait, and is suggested to originate in the Greenland Sea. The deep water in the south-west part of the Strait shows strong horizontal salinity and temperature gradients, and the structure of the corresponding station profiles indicates large hydrographical activity. This is in contrast to the east-north-east part, where the horizontal gradients are much weaker and the profiles much smoother. Thus most of the deep- and bottom-water communication between the Greenland/ Norwegian Seas and the Arctic Ocean seems to take place west of the 0° meridian. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Greenland Greenland Sea Polar Research R/V Lance Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Polar Research 3 2 227 238 |
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Hydrographic (CTD) observations obtained with R/V ‘Lance’ in July-August 1982 across the Fram Strait are presented. The extent and the presence of traditional water masses such as Atlantic Water, Polar Water and Greenland Sea Deep Water are discussed. The complicated hydrographical structure in the upper water masses due to eddies and fronts near the ice edge is noted. An intermediate water mass characterized by a salinity minimum is found all across the Strait, and is suggested to originate in the Greenland Sea. The deep water in the south-west part of the Strait shows strong horizontal salinity and temperature gradients, and the structure of the corresponding station profiles indicates large hydrographical activity. This is in contrast to the east-north-east part, where the horizontal gradients are much weaker and the profiles much smoother. Thus most of the deep- and bottom-water communication between the Greenland/ Norwegian Seas and the Arctic Ocean seems to take place west of the 0° meridian. |
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Farrelly, B. Gammelsrød, T. Golmen, L. G. Sjøberg, B. Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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Hydrographic conditions in the Fram Strait, summer 1982 |
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hydrographic conditions in the fram strait, summer 1982 |
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