Collaborative Research - The Nordic Seas: Water Mass Structure, Circulation and Connections between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans

0118707 Schlosser该项目的重点是了解北冰洋流出沃茨和北欧海沃茨的相互作用，因为它们一方面创造了丹麦海峡溢出水（DSOW）和冰岛-苏格兰溢出水（ISAW），另一方面创造了北欧海中北冰洋影响层。具体目标包括：（1）确定北冰洋淡水的来源和路径，并研究改变下游水团的过程;（2）确定北极起源的中层和深层沃茨的来源和特征，以及它们在北欧海和北大西洋输出时的随后改变;以及（3）确定大西洋水通过北欧海进入北冰洋的路径，以及它如何改变北欧海的水团。这一新的北欧海洋天气调查将提供基线观测，以了解该区域各海洋盆地之间的联系。该项目是与瑞典科学家合作的，是对气候变率和可预测性计划（CLIVAR）的贡献。

0118707 SchlosserThis project focuses on understanding the interactions of the Arctic Ocean outflow waters and Nordic Sea waters as they create the Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) and the Iceland-Scotland Overflow water (ISOW) on the one hand and the Arctic Ocean influenced layers in the Nordic Seas on the other. Specific goals include: (1) determining the sources and pathways of fresh water out of the Arctic Ocean and studying the processes modifying downstream water masses; (2) determining the sources and characteristics of intermediate and deep waters of Arctic origin and their subsequent modification as they are exported in the Nordic Seas and North Atlantic Ocean; and (3) determining the pathways of Atlantic water through the Nordic Seas and into the Arctic Ocean and how it transforms Nordic Seas water masses. This new synoptic survey of the Nordic Seas will provide a baseline observation to understand the links between the various ocean basins in the region. This project is collaborative with Swedish scientists and is a contribution to the Climate variability and predictability program (CLIVAR).