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

• Main Author: Marnela, Marika
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Finnish Meteorological Institute 2016
• Subjects: fram strait; Nordic Seas; geostrophy; transports; recirculation; water mass; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Greenwich; Deep Passage; Fram Strait; Greenland Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/167236

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�...