Browsing Havforskningsinstituttet by Journals "Ocean Science"
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A revised ocean glider concept to realize Stommel's vision and supplement Argo floats
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper revisits Stommel's vision for a global glider network and the Argo design specification. A concept of floats with wings, so-called slow underwater gliders, is explored. An analysis of the energy or power consumption ... -
Descent and mixing of the overflow plume from Storfjord in Svalbard: an idealized numerical model study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Storfjorden in the Svalbard Archipelago is a sill-fjord that produces significant volumes of dense, brine-enriched shelf water through ice formation. The dense water produced in the fjord overflows the sill and can reach ... -
Descent and mixing of the overflow plume from Storfjord in Svalbard: an idealized numerical model study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Storfjorden in the Svalbard Archipelago is a sill-fjord that produces significant volumes of dense, brine-enriched shelf water through ice formation. The dense water produced in the fjord overflows the sill and can reach ... -
Fine-scale vertical structure of sound-scattering layers over an east border upwelling system and its relationship to pelagic habitat characteristics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Understanding the relationship between sound-scattering layers (SSLs) and pelagic habitat characteristics is a substantial step to apprehend ecosystem dynamics. SSLs are detected on echo sounders representing aggregated ... -
Global surface-ocean p(CO2) and sea-air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-01)A temporally and spatially resolved estimate of the global surface-ocean CO2 partial pressure field and the sea–air CO2 flux is presented, obtained by fitting a simple data-driven diagnostic model of ocean mixed-layer ... -
Heat in the Barents Sea: transport, storage, and surface fluxes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)A column model is set up for the Barents Sea to explore sensitivity of surface fluxes and heat storage from varying ocean heat transport. Mean monthly ocean transport and atmospheric forcing are synthesised and force the ... -
Heat in the Barents Sea: transport, storage, and surface fluxes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)A column model is set up for the Barents Sea to explore sensitivity of surface fluxes and heat storage from varying ocean heat transport. Mean monthly ocean transport and atmospheric forcing are synthesised and force the ... -
Import of Atlantic Water and sea ice controls the ocean environment in the northern Barents Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The northern Barents Sea is a cold, seasonally ice-covered Arctic shelf sea region that has experienced major warming and sea ice loss in recent decades. Here, a 2-year observational record from two ocean moorings provides ... -
On the circulation, water mass distribution, and nutrient concentrations of the western Chukchi Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Substantial amounts of nutrients and carbon enter the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait, distributed over three main pathways. Water with low salinities and nutrient concentrations takes an ... -
Particle aggregation at the edges of anticyclonic eddies and implications for distribution of biomass
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Acoustic measurements show that the biomass of zooplankton and mesopelagic fish is redistributed by mesoscale variability and that the signal extends over several hundred meters depth. The mechanisms governing this ... -
A quantitative description of the Norwegian Atlantic Current by combining altimetry and hydrography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-10-22)In this study, we quantified the mean flow and the variability in the Norwegian Atlantic Current (NwAC), including the individual branches, with associated error estimates. We accomplished this by combining repeated ... -
Sea-level variability and change along the Norwegian coast between 2003 and 2018 from satellite altimetry, tide gauges, and hydrography
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Sea-level variations in coastal areas can differ significantly from those in the nearby open ocean. Monitoring coastal sea-level variations is therefore crucial to understand how climate variability can affect the densely ... -
A tidally driven fjord-like strait close to an amphidromic region
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The strait studied in this paper, “Sundalagið Norður”, is the northern part of a narrow body of seawater separating the two largest islands in the Faroe Islands (Faroes). It has shallow sills in both ends and considerably ...