Bottom melting of Arctic Sea Ice in the Nansen Basin due to Atlantic Water influence

• Main Author: Muilwijk, Morven Korneel
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2016
• Subjects: Atlantic water; Oceanography; Nansen Basin; Arctic Sea Ice; Lance; Global warming; Climate change; Svalbard; Hydrography; ADCP; CTD; Mixed Layer; N-ICE2015; Fram; Bottom Melting; PHC; World Ocean Atlas; AOTIM; Circulation; NorESM; Model Ocean; Nautilus; Tides; TEOS-10; Freshwater; 756213; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fram Strait; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/12661

The hydrographic situation for a region north of Svalbard is investigated using observations from the Norwegian Young Sea Ice Cruise (N-ICE2015). Observations from January to June 2015 are compared to historical observations with a particular focus on the warm and salty Atlantic Water (AW) entering...