Tracing Pacific water in the North Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Jones, E. P., Swift, J. H., Anderson, L. G., Lipizer, M., Civitarese, G., Falkner, K. K., Kattner, G., McLaughlin, F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Paleontology; Space and Planetary Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Atmospheric Science; Earth-Surface Processes; Geochemistry and Petrology; Soil Science; Water Science and Technology; Ecology; Aquatic Science; Forestry; Oceanography; Geophysics; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Bering Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Nares; Pacific; Smith Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Denmark Strait; Fram Strait; Nares strait; North Atlantic; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://www.openaccessrepository.it/record/176282; https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jc001141

In the Arctic Ocean, Pacific source water can be distinguished from Atlantic source water by nitrateâ€phosphate concentration relationships, with Pacific water having higher phosphate concentrations relative to those of nitrate. Furthermore, Pacific water, originally from the inflow through Bering S...