Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: Rudels, B., Meyer, R., Fahrbach, E., Ivanov, V. V., Østerhus, S., Quadfasel, D., Schauer, U., Tverberg, V., Woodgate, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2000
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Antarc*; Fram Strait; Nordic Seas; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-000-0687-5; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00036746; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00036700/angeo-18-687-2000.pdf; https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/18/687/2000/angeo-18-687-2000.pdf

The water mass distribution in northern Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997 is described using CTD data from two cruises in the area. The West Spitsbergen Current was found to split, one part recirculated towards the west, while the other part, on entering the Arctic Ocean separat...