The atlantic inflow to the North Sea and the Skagerrak indicated by surface observations
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By means of surface observations of temperature and salinity along
shipping routes across the North Sea it is shown that the Atlantic
inflow along the western and southern edge of the Norwegian Channel
seems to reach the surface during winter. This gives rise to
a frontal zone of increased temperature along the route of the inflow.
During summer a drop in surface temperature is detectable in
the same zone, but the mechanism is probably different.