Long-term changes in the Nordic Seas' hydrographic structure and overflow waters

• Main Author: Breiteig, Øystein Markhus
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2020
• Subjects: 756213; Faroe Bank; Greenland; Denmark Strait; Greenland Sea; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/23141

A collection of historical hydrographic data was used to examine the hydrographic properties of the water masses in the Nordic Seas from 1950 to 2018, with particular focus on the dense overflows from the Nordic Seas. Around 1980 a warming trend commenced in the Greenland Sea. The main reason for th...