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Ushio, Shuki; Ito, Hajime; Ono, Nobuo (2008): Oceanographic data in the Greenland Sea and around Svalbard in 1991-1993. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.701498, Supplement to: Ushio, S et al. (1998): Oceanographic data in the Greenland Sea and around Svalbard in 1991-1993. NIPR Arctic Data Reports, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, 3, 46 pp, hdl:10013/epic.30872.d001

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Abstract:
The Arctic Ocean is connected with the North Atlantic Ocean by the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard. The strait is located in the northern part of the Greenland Sea. In the eastern part of the strait, warm saline water flows northward as the West Spitsbergen Current; while in the western part, cold less-saline water flows southward as the East Greenland Current. The northwestern part of the Greenland Sea is normally covered with sea ice even in summer. Furthermore, this region is regarded as a major area where the Arctic sea ice is discharged into mid latitude oceans. Thus, this area plays an important role in heat and salt exchange processes in the Arctic marine system.
The reveal exchange processes of water masses and ocean-atmosphere interaction in high-latitude oceans, a number of international research programs have been focused on the Greenland Sea and its surrounding waters. As one of the international Arctic research programs, oceanographic studies have been executed in cooperation with the Norsk Polarinstitutt and other institutes under the leadership of the National Institute of Polar Research since 1991. Japanese scientists have been carrying out field observations in and around Svalbard. The observations include not only physical measurements but also biological surveys. This report presents physical oceanographic data obtained in the Greenland Sea in 1992 and 1993, and data around Svalbard from 1991 to 1993.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 79.214808 * Median Longitude: 13.298066 * South-bound Latitude: 74.150000 * West-bound Longitude: -13.350000 * North-bound Latitude: 80.183333 * East-bound Longitude: 20.066667
Date/Time Start: 1991-09-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1993-08-29T10:47:00
Event(s):
KF1991_A0 * Latitude: 78.991667 * Longitude: 11.966667 * Date/Time: 1991-09-10T00:00:00 * Location: Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Arctic * Campaign: KF1991 * Basis: Boat * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
KF1991_A1 * Latitude: 78.998333 * Longitude: 11.988333 * Date/Time: 1991-09-12T07:55:00 * Location: Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Arctic * Campaign: KF1991 * Basis: Boat * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
KF1991_A2 * Latitude: 79.003333 * Longitude: 12.053333 * Date/Time: 1991-09-12T07:30:00 * Location: Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Arctic * Campaign: KF1991 * Basis: Boat * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
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