Arctic Ocean circulation and variability – advection and external forcing encounter constraints and local processes

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Author: B. Rudels
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Greenland; Laptev Sea; Makarov Basin; Svalbard; Fram Strait; laptev; makarov basin; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-261-2012; http://www.ocean-sci.net/8/261/2012/os-8-261-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/896ec031238f47ae9620c88a41e9af76

The first hydrographic data from the Arctic Ocean, the section from the Laptev Sea to the passage between Greenland and Svalbard obtained by Nansen on his drift with Fram 1893–1896, aptly illustrate the main features of Arctic Ocean oceanography and indicate possible processes active in transforming...