Seasonal and Mesoscale Variability of the Two Atlantic Water Recirculation Pathways in Fram Strait

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Hofmann, Zerlina, von Appen, Wilken‐Jon, Wekerle, Claudia, von Appen, Wilken‐Jon; 1 Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany, Wekerle, Claudia; 1 Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: ddc:551.46; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Molloy; Molloy Hole; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017057; http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/9559

Atlantic Water (AW), which is transported northward by the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC), partly recirculates (i.e., turns westward) in Fram Strait. This determines how much heat and salt reaches the Arctic Ocean, and how much joins the East Greenland Current on its southward path. We describe the...