Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation
Observations on the West Spitsbergen Shelf have shown that the dynamic response of the shelf to wind forcing has a profound effect on the heat content of the water. Hydrographic and atmospheric data have been analysed with respect to the relative importance of surface heat fluxes and advective proce...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/893b0be1-c91d-471d-88e6-c7605ce235f5 2024-06-23T07:48:28+00:00 Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation Cottier, Finlo Nilsen, Frank Inall, Mark Gerland, S Tverberg, Vigdis Svendsen, Harald 2007 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/893b0be1-c91d-471d-88e6-c7605ce235f5 https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029948 eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/893b0be1-c91d-471d-88e6-c7605ce235f5 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Cottier , F , Nilsen , F , Inall , M , Gerland , S , Tverberg , V & Svendsen , H 2007 , ' Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation ' , GEOPHYS RES LETT , no. 7 , pp. L10607 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029948 KONGSFJORDEN Geosciences Multidisciplinary WATER FLUX SEA VARIABILITY WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENT FJORD SVALBARD OCEAN article 2007 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029948 2024-06-03T23:48:37Z Observations on the West Spitsbergen Shelf have shown that the dynamic response of the shelf to wind forcing has a profound effect on the heat content of the water. Hydrographic and atmospheric data have been analysed with respect to the relative importance of surface heat fluxes and advective processes on ocean temperature. During the Arctic winter of 2005/06 periods of sustained along-shelf winds generated upwelling and cross-shelf exchange causing extensive flooding of the coastal waters with warm Atlantic Water from the West Spitsbergen Current. The winter temperature of the West Spitsbergen Shelf reverted to that typical of fall, interrupting the normal cycle of sea ice formation in the region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden Sea ice Svalbard Spitsbergen University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Arctic Svalbard Geophysical Research Letters 34 10 |
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KONGSFJORDEN Geosciences Multidisciplinary WATER FLUX SEA VARIABILITY WEST SPITSBERGEN CURRENT FJORD SVALBARD OCEAN Cottier, Finlo Nilsen, Frank Inall, Mark Gerland, S Tverberg, Vigdis Svendsen, Harald Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Observations on the West Spitsbergen Shelf have shown that the dynamic response of the shelf to wind forcing has a profound effect on the heat content of the water. Hydrographic and atmospheric data have been analysed with respect to the relative importance of surface heat fluxes and advective processes on ocean temperature. During the Arctic winter of 2005/06 periods of sustained along-shelf winds generated upwelling and cross-shelf exchange causing extensive flooding of the coastal waters with warm Atlantic Water from the West Spitsbergen Current. The winter temperature of the West Spitsbergen Shelf reverted to that typical of fall, interrupting the normal cycle of sea ice formation in the region. |
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Cottier, Finlo Nilsen, Frank Inall, Mark Gerland, S Tverberg, Vigdis Svendsen, Harald |
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Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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wintertime warming of arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation |
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Cottier , F , Nilsen , F , Inall , M , Gerland , S , Tverberg , V & Svendsen , H 2007 , ' Wintertime warming of Arctic shelves in response to large-scale atmospheric circulation ' , GEOPHYS RES LETT , no. 7 , pp. L10607 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL029948 |
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