Confluence and redistribution of Atlantic water in the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins

• Main Authors: Schauer, U., Rudels, B., Jones, E. P., Anderson, L. G., Muench, R. D., Björk, G., Swift, J. H., Ivanov, V., Larsson, A.-M.
• Other Authors: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Lund University, Lund University Lund, Earth and Space Research Institute Seattle (ESR), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO - UC San Diego), University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Barents Sea; Kara Sea; Gakkel Ridge; St. Anna Trough; Fram Strait; Lomonosov Ridge; Nansen
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316944; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316944/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00316944/file/angeo-20-257-2002.pdf

International audience The waters in the Eurasian Basin are conditioned by the confluence of the boundary flow of warm, saline Fram Strait water and cold low salinity water from the Barents Sea entering through the St. Anna Trough. Hydrographic sections obtained from RV Polarstern during the summer...