Browsing Geophysical Institute by Subject "Yermak Plateau"
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The Svalbard branch of the West Spitsbergen Current: Hydrography, transport and mixing
(Master thesis, 2017-08-01)Data from a 10 days shipboard survey in August 2015, northwest of Svalbard, are used to investigate the transport, structure and mixing of Atlantic water (AW) along the Svalbard branch and Yermak branch of the West Spitsbergen ... -
Tidal forcing, energetics, and mixing near the Yermak Plateau
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-27)The Yermak Plateau (YP), located northwest of Svalbard in Fram Strait, is the final passage for the inflow of warm Atlantic Water into the Arctic Ocean. The region is characterized by the largest barotropic tidal velocities ...