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标题：Across the Arctic front west of Spitsbergen: high-resolution CTD sections from 1998–2000
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作者：Tuomo M. Saloranta ; Harald Svendsen
期刊名称：Polar Research
印刷版ISSN：1751-8369
出版年度：2001
卷号：20
期号：2
页码：177-184
DOI：10.3402/polar.v20i2.6515
语种：English
出版社：Co-Action Publishing
摘要：The structure of the oceanic Arctic front west of Spitsbergen is investigated using data from high-resolution CTD sections from September 1998-2000. Below the fresher surface layer, the front appears as a temperature-salinity front situated near the shelf break. No clear corresponding front in density is found. Our analysis suggests that barotropic front instability is a main factor in provoking subsurface cross-front exchange. The subsurface heat loss in the West Spitsbergen Current due to this exchange is estimated to be of the same order of magnitude as the heat loss to the atmosphere in the surface layer.