Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007
The Atlantic Water flowing through the Fram Strait via the West Spitsbergen Current is the main source of heat and salt for the Arctic Ocean. At the entrance to the Arctic, the West Spitsbergen Current splits into several branches as it meets the Yermak Plateau. Thirty-four months of observations we...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:7053730 2023-05-15T14:22:11+02:00 Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 Artana, Camila Provost, Christine Koenig, Zoé Athanase, Marylou Asgari, Ava 2022-09-06 https://zenodo.org/record/7053730 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7053730 unknown doi:10.5281/zenodo.7053729 https://zenodo.org/communities/arctic-passion https://zenodo.org/record/7053730 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7053730 oai:zenodo.org:7053730 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2022 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.705373010.5281/zenodo.7053729 2023-03-11T01:28:05Z The Atlantic Water flowing through the Fram Strait via the West Spitsbergen Current is the main source of heat and salt for the Arctic Ocean. At the entrance to the Arctic, the West Spitsbergen Current splits into several branches as it meets the Yermak Plateau. Thirty-four months of observations were recently obtained in the main branch of Atlantic Water inflow to the Arctic, the Yermak Pass Branch. This location used to be ice covered year round. Our results show that the exceptional ice-free conditions in year 2018 were associated with a highly variable flow. An oceanic model, in good agreement with the observations, showed that the Atlantic Water transport through the Yermak Pass Branch was more irregular from 2016 onward. Changes in the Atlantic Water inflow pathways have important implications for the heat, salt, and nutrients reaching the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Yermak plateau Spitsbergen Zenodo Arctic Arctic Ocean Yermak Plateau ENVELOPE(5.000,5.000,81.250,81.250) |
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The Atlantic Water flowing through the Fram Strait via the West Spitsbergen Current is the main source of heat and salt for the Arctic Ocean. At the entrance to the Arctic, the West Spitsbergen Current splits into several branches as it meets the Yermak Plateau. Thirty-four months of observations were recently obtained in the main branch of Atlantic Water inflow to the Arctic, the Yermak Pass Branch. This location used to be ice covered year round. Our results show that the exceptional ice-free conditions in year 2018 were associated with a highly variable flow. An oceanic model, in good agreement with the observations, showed that the Atlantic Water transport through the Yermak Pass Branch was more irregular from 2016 onward. Changes in the Atlantic Water inflow pathways have important implications for the heat, salt, and nutrients reaching the Arctic. |
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Artana, Camila Provost, Christine Koenig, Zoé Athanase, Marylou Asgari, Ava |
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Artana, Camila Provost, Christine Koenig, Zoé Athanase, Marylou Asgari, Ava Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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Artana, Camila Provost, Christine Koenig, Zoé Athanase, Marylou Asgari, Ava |
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Artana, Camila |
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Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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Atlantic Water Inflow Through the Yermak Pass Branch: Evolution Since 2007 |
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atlantic water inflow through the yermak pass branch: evolution since 2007 |
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https://zenodo.org/record/7053730 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7053730 |
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ENVELOPE(5.000,5.000,81.250,81.250) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Yermak Plateau |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Yermak Plateau |
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Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Yermak plateau Spitsbergen |
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Arctic Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Yermak plateau Spitsbergen |
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