Ocean surface warming in Krossfjorden, Svalbard, during the last 60 years

• Main Authors: Guruvayoorappan, Harikrishnan, Miettinen, Arto, Divine, Dmitry, Moros, Matthias, Orme, Lisa C., Mohan, Rahul
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Krossfjorden; Svalbard; Krossfjord*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/13602/; https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/13602/1/LO_ocean.pdf

A high-resolution marine sediment core NP16-Kro1-MCB from Krossfjorden, Western Svalbard is studied to investigate changes in sea surface conditions in the fjord during the last 60 years (1953–2014). The diatom-based reconstruction of August sea surface temperature (aSST) demonstrates a clear warmin...