Tracing water masses with 129I in the western Nordic Seas in early spring 2002

V. Alfimov; A. Aldahan; G. Possnert

doi:10.1029/2004GL020863

Tracing water masses with ¹²⁹I in the western Nordic Seas in early spring 2002

V. Alfimov, A. Aldahan, G. Possnert

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Abstract

The distribution of ¹²⁹I was utilized for labeling water masses in three sections of the western Nordic Seas. An increase of the tracer in Polar Waters of the East Greenland Current was observed between the Fram Strait and 72°N section and attributed to either unaccounted Polar Waters and/or recirculation of cold and fresh Atlantic Waters from the West Spitzbergen Current. Recent convection homogenized ¹²⁹I in upper 1000 m of the Greenland Sea, and similar concentrations were observed in dense waters of the Denmark Strait. The densest outflow waters were not found in either the Greenland Sea or the East Greenland Current at 72°N.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L19305 1-4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL020863
Publication status	Published - Oct 16 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

4207 Oceanography: General: Arctic and Antarctic oceanography
4512 Oceanography: Physical: Currents
4532 Oceanography: Physical: General circulation
4860 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Radioactivity and radioisotopes

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Geophysics
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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