Oceanographic variations in recent decades and their impact on the fertility of the Iceland Sea

• Main Author: Stefansson, U.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1984
• Subjects: 48; Arctic; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Jan Mayen; Iceland
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19850017723

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...