Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: A consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Østerhus, Svein, Woodgate, Rebecca, Valdimarsson, Hedinn, Turrell, Bill, de Steur, Laura, Quadfasel, Detlef, Olsen, Steffen Malskaer, Moritz, Martin, Lee, Craig M., Larsen, Karin Margretha H., Jónsson, Steingrímur, Johnson, Clare, Jochumsen, Kerstin, Hansen, Bogi, Curry, Beth, Cunningham, Stuart, Berx, Barbara
• Other Authors: Auðlindadeild (HA), Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences (UA), Viðskipta- og raunvísindasvið (HA), School of Business and Science (UA), Háskólinn á Akureyri, University of Akureyri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2019
• Subjects: Palaeontology; Oceanography; Steingervingafræði; Haffræði; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Strait; Faroe Bank; Greenland; Pacific; Denmark Strait; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1167; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-379-2019

The Arctic Mediterranean (AM) is the collective name for the Arctic Ocean, the Nordic Seas, and their adjacent shelf seas. Water enters into this region through the Bering Strait (Pacific inflow) and through the passages across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge (Atlantic inflow) and is modified within th...