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Circulation and water mass structure in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas Mixing processes, such as brine formation, result in denser water that is transported off the shelves and into the deep basin

Circulation and water mass structure in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas Mixing processes, such as brine formation, result in denser water that is transported off the shelves and into the deep basin (map/graphic/illustration)

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Circulation and water mass structure in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas Mixing processes, such as brine formation, result in denser water that is transported off the shelves and into the deep basin
Sources Title (cont.) Open ocean convection takes place in the gyres of the Greenland and Iceland Seas. after Aagaard, K., J.H. Swift and E.C. Carmack, 1985. Thermohaline circulation in the Arctic Mediterranean seas. J. geophys. Res. 90: 4833-4846. (AAR Figure 3.39)
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Designer 		Graphical production: Philippe Rekacewicz and Emmanuelle Bournay (GRID-Arendal)
Appears in AMAP Assessment Report: Arctic Pollution Issues
Published 1998
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