The European Subpolar Ocean Programme (ESOP)-Investigations of the role of sea ice in Greenland Sea convection (report)

• Main Author: Peter Wadhams
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute 1996
• Subjects: Greenland; Greenland Sea; Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2291; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002291/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2291&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The European Subpolar Ocean Programme (ESOP) has the overall objective of understanding the roles played by sea ice in the energetics of the Greenland Sea system and in the specific ice-ocean interactions involved in the process of deep convection in the winter Greenland Sea with its attendant sequestration of carbon dioxide. The scope and nature of the project are described, together with results obtained to date.