Variability and decadal trends in the Isfjorden (Svalbard) ocean climate and circulation – An indicator for climate change in the European Arctic

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Skogseth, Ragnheid, Olivier, Léa L.A., Nilsen, Frank, Falck, Eva, Fraser, Neil J., Tverberg, Vigdis, Ledang, Anna Birgitta, Vader, Anna, Jonassen, Marius Opsanger, Søreide, Janne, Cottier, Finlo Robert, Berge, Jørgen, Ivanov, Boris V., Falk-Petersen, Stig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Spitsbergen Trough; Climate change; Isfjord*; Isfjorden; Sea ice; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18980; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102394

Isfjorden, a broad Arctic fjord in western Spitsbergen, has shown significant changes in hydrography and inflow of Atlantic Water (AW) the last decades that only recently have been observed in the Arctic Ocean north of Svalbard. Variability and trends in this fjord’s climate and circulation are ther...