Dynamics and Variability of the Circulation in the North-Atlantic Subpolar Seas

• Main Author: Chafik, Léon
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU) 2014
• Subjects: Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning; Oceanography; Hydrology and Water Resources; Oceanografi; hydrologi och vattenresurser; Arctic; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea; Lofoten; Greenland; Reykjanes; Lofoten Basin; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-101305

This thesis deals with the dynamics and circulation in the northern North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas, processes of crucial importance for the mild climate of Scandinavia and Northern Europe. High-resolution ADCP scans of currents from Greenland to Scotland in the top 400 m demonstrate that the Rey...