Transports and water masses in the Fram Strait and its vicinity from three decades of hydrographic observations in 1980-2010

• Main Author: Marnela, Marika
• Other Authors: Björk, Göran, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, atmospheric sciences, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, fysiikan laitos, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för fysik, Rudels, Bert, Leppäranta, Matti
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2016
• Subjects: fysikaalinen meritiede; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Greenwich; Deep Passage; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Nordic Seas; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/166181

The Arctic Ocean and its exchanges with the Nordic Seas influence the north-European climate. The Fram Strait with its 2600 m sill depth is the only deep passage between the Arctic Ocean and the other oceans. Not just all the deep water exchanges between the Arctic Ocean and the rest of the world�...