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Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas

Properties, Variability, Climatic Importance

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Authors:
  1. Waldemar Walczowski

    1. Physical Oceanography, Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland

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  • The issue of climate change in the Arctic raised in the book is very important and actual
  • The book presents the results of the development of a unique set of observational data
  • The book is written in an accessible way and can be useful for a wide range of Arctic researchers
  • The analysis and interpretation of the data is preceded by an introduction with a description of studied area of the Nordic Seas and processes taking place there

Part of the book series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-20

  3. The Nordic Seas

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    Pages 21-40

  4. Methodology of Measurements and Data Analysis

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    Pages 41-52

  5. Properties of the Atlantic Water in 2000–2007

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    Pages 53-78

  6. Structure and Variability of the Atlantic Water on the Transects

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    Pages 79-109

  7. Dynamics of the West Spitsbergen Current

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    Pages 111-127

  8. The West Spitsbergen Current Volume and Heat Transport

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    Pages 129-150

  9. Changes in the Ocean Climate

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    Pages 151-162

  10. Final Conclusions

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    Pages 163-172

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 173-174
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Physical Oceanography, Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland

    Waldemar Walczowski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas

  • Book Subtitle: Properties, Variability, Climatic Importance

  • Authors: Waldemar Walczowski

  • Series Title: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01279-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01278-0Published: 03 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34670-0Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01279-7Published: 19 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5193

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5207

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oceanography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

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