Hydrophysical characteristics of the northern Norwegian coast and fjords

• Main Author: Mankettikkara, Rahman
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Tromsø 2013
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; DOKTOR-002; Arctic; Norway; Ner; Balsfjord; Malangen; Orga; Balsfjorden; Altafjorden; Skipsholmen; Northern Norway; Porsangerfjorden
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5426

It is evident that, both due to the large water volumes they hold and that they stretches from coast to inland, it is to be expected that the northern Norwegian fjords plays an important role in a climatic scientific context. Also generally northern regions are considered as a choke point in the reg...