Changes in Atlantic water circulation patterns and volume transports north of Svalbard over the last 12 years (2008‐2020)

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Athanase, M., Provost, C., Artana , C., Pérez-Hernández, M. D., Sennéchael, N., Bertosio, Cé., Garric G., Lellouche J.M., Prandi P.
• Other Authors: 57204697170, 7004407606, 57190217557, 50861902200, 6505793907, 57215903835, 6506746279, 7004222439, 26538038500, BU-BAS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 251007 Oceanografía física; Arctic Ocean; Atlantic Water; Circulation; Volume Transport; Changes; Operational model; Arctic; Svalbard; Yermak Plateau; Fram Strait; Nansen Basin; Yermak plateau; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/76682; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016825

Atlantic Water (AW) enters the Arctic through Fram Strait as the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC). When reaching the south of Yermak Plateau, the WSC splits into the Svalbard, Yermak Pass and Yermak Branches. Downstream of Yermak Plateau, AW pathways remain unclear and uncertainties persist on how AW...