Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea
Due to its location at or near the oceanic polar front, the Iceland Sea is an area particularly sensitive to climatic changes. In warm years a strong influx of Atlantic water from the Irminger Sea can be traced all along the North Iceland shelf area. This inflow is mainly determined by past meteorol...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19850017723 2023-05-15T15:02:58+02:00 Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea Stefansson, U. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Dec 1, 1984 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850017723 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850017723 Accession ID: 85N26034 No Copyright CASI 48 NASA. Goddard Inst. for Space Studies North Atlantic Deep Water Formation; p 19-22 1984 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T16:07:17Z Due to its location at or near the oceanic polar front, the Iceland Sea is an area particularly sensitive to climatic changes. In warm years a strong influx of Atlantic water from the Irminger Sea can be traced all along the North Iceland shelf area. This inflow is mainly determined by past meteorological conditions at the west and north coasts of Ireland. In periods when the ice belt along the east cost of Greenland is relatively narrow, the surface layers between Iceland and Jan Mayen consist of arctic water with practically no polar component. Conversely, in cold periods an appreciable proportion of cold, low-salinity polar water is found in this area, and large parts of the North Icelandic shelf area may be covered with drift ice. Sea surface temperatures north of Iceland, especially in spring, are closely correlated to the frequency and extension of drift ice. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Greenland Iceland Jan Mayen NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic Greenland Irminger Sea ENVELOPE(-34.041,-34.041,63.054,63.054) Jan Mayen |
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Due to its location at or near the oceanic polar front, the Iceland Sea is an area particularly sensitive to climatic changes. In warm years a strong influx of Atlantic water from the Irminger Sea can be traced all along the North Iceland shelf area. This inflow is mainly determined by past meteorological conditions at the west and north coasts of Ireland. In periods when the ice belt along the east cost of Greenland is relatively narrow, the surface layers between Iceland and Jan Mayen consist of arctic water with practically no polar component. Conversely, in cold periods an appreciable proportion of cold, low-salinity polar water is found in this area, and large parts of the North Icelandic shelf area may be covered with drift ice. Sea surface temperatures north of Iceland, especially in spring, are closely correlated to the frequency and extension of drift ice. |
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Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea |
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Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea |
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Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea |
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Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea |
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Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea |
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oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the iceland sea |
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ENVELOPE(-34.041,-34.041,63.054,63.054) |
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Arctic Greenland Irminger Sea Jan Mayen |
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Arctic Greenland Irminger Sea Jan Mayen |
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Arctic Greenland Iceland Jan Mayen |
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Arctic Greenland Iceland Jan Mayen |
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