Tides and Transport: Application to Lofoten and Vester°alen, Northern Norway

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Author: Børve, Eli
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Barents Sea; Lofoten; Norway; Vesterålen; Arctic cod; Northeast Arctic cod; Northern Norway; Vestfjorden
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/89657; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-92258

Tides are important drivers for the motion in many coastal seas. While tides mainly move water back and forth, the interaction between tidal currents and topography might induce residual currents and fluxes, providing an important transport component. The coastal sea around Lofoten and Vesterålen is...