LM8.1-1 Polar Oceans and their importance for global ocean circulation - Det Internasjonale Polaråret 2007-2008

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LM8.1-1 Polar Oceans and their importance for global ocean circulation

Time: Tuesday 8 June 11:00 - 12:15
Location : Room E7

Theme 1. Linkages between Polar Regions and global systems

Session 1-1. Polar Oceans and their importance for global ocean circulation

Subsession - Arctic Ocean changes and throughflows

11:00 Recent Changes in Arctic Ocean Circulation
Presenter: J. Morison
11:15 The key outlines of Russian oceanographic researches in the Arctic Ocean during IPY
Presenter: I. Ashik
11:30 Formation and transport of bottom water in the Barents Sea: Importance of preconditioning and regional sea-ice growth
Presenter: L. H. Smedsrud
11:45 Inter-annual variability and long-term changes in the dense water leaving the Barents Sea toward the Arctic Ocean
Presenter: R.B. Ingvaldsen
12:00 Davis Strait Transport and Water Mass Variability
Presenter: B. Curry
12:15 Observing and interpreting the seasonal variability of the oceanographic fluxes passing through Lancaster Sound of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, IPY-CATS program
Presenter: S.J. Prinsenberg