Warming of Atlantic Water in two west Spitsbergen fjords over the last century (1912–2009)

The recently observed warming of west Spitsbergen fjords has led to anomalous sea-ice conditions and has implications for the marine ecosystem. We investigated long-term trends of maximum temperature of Atlantic Water (AW) in two west Spitsbergen fjords. The data set is composed of more than 400 oce...

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Main Authors: Alexey K. Pavlov, Vigdis Tverberg, Boris V. Ivanov, Frank Nilsen, Stig Falk-Petersen, Mats A. Granskog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2013-05-01
Series:Polar Research
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Online Access:http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/download/11206/pdf_1