Investigation of the dynamics of the North Water polynya for 1996-2010 using satellite data

• Main Authors: Preußer, Andreas, Heinemann, Günther, Drüe, Clemens
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Nares; Smith Sound; Baffin; Nares strait; Sea ice; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26617/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/26617/1/EGU2011-1919.pdf; http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2011/EGU2011-1919.pdf

The North Water polynya (NOW) forms recurrently between Ellesmere Island and northwest Greenland and is one of the largest and therefore most important polynyas in the northern hemisphere. It is considered to have a huge impact on atmospheric, biological and ocean processes. An investigation of poly...