Warming of the West Spitsbergen Current and sea ice north of Svalbard
2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 51; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5697/oc.51-2.147
ISSN2300-7370
AutoresJan Piechura, Waldemar Walczowski,
Tópico(s)Climate change and permafrost
ResumoAccording to the results of recent research, besides the atmospheric circulation, it is heat transport to the Arctic Ocean (AO) by ocean currents, the West Spitsbergen Current (WSC) in particular, that is playing a significant role in the process of Arctic warming.Data collected by the Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAS), in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas, and Fram Strait during the last 20 years reveal considerable changes in the amount of heat transported by the WSC into the Arctic Ocean.An increase in Atlantic Water (AW) temperature and the intensification of heat transport were observed in
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