Atlantic water in the Nordic Seas [electronic resource] : properties, variability, climatic importance / Waldemar Walczowski.
2014
GC491 .W35 2014
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Atlantic water in the Nordic Seas [electronic resource] : properties, variability, climatic importance / Waldemar Walczowski.
ISBN
9783319012797 electronic book
3319012797 electronic book
9783319012780
3319012789
3319012797 electronic book
9783319012780
3319012789
Published
Cham : Springer, [2014]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xix, 174 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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GC491 .W35 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.46132
Summary
The book presents a wide description of hydrographic conditions in the studied area of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas. Variability of the Atlantic Water properties have been presented on the basis of time series obtained from oceanographic measurements performed each summer from 2000 to 2007 by the Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences. The warming observed in that period has been described in detail as well as cooling of the Atlantic Water flowing towards the Fram Strait in 2007. Furthermore, concepts regarding multi-branch structure of the West Spitsbergen Current have been presented, types of flows in individual branches as well as variability of the flows. Description of the structure, transports and variability of the sea currents is based mostly on hydrographic measurements and baroclinic calculations. The results confirm a leading role of the ocean in climate shaping and acknowledges the importance of the Thermohaline Circulation for the climate.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Nordic Seas
Methodology of measurements and data analysis
Properties of the Atlantic Water in 2000-2007
Structure and variability of the Atlantic Water on the transects
Dynamics of the West Spitsbergen Current.
The Nordic Seas
Methodology of measurements and data analysis
Properties of the Atlantic Water in 2000-2007
Structure and variability of the Atlantic Water on the transects
Dynamics of the West Spitsbergen Current.