Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas

This book presents a wide description of hydrographic conditions in the studied area of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas. It details the warming observed between 2000-2007 as well as the cooling of the Atlantic Water flowing towards the Fram Strait in 2007.

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

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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.