Abstracts
SEARCH Open Science Meeting
October 27, 2003
Seattle, Washington, USA
Hydrographic Changes in Baffin Bay, 1916-1999
Melissa Zweng1
1Physical Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, 815 Leeds Ln, Newark, DE, 19711, USA, Phone 302-367-4148, mzweng@udel.edu
Baffin Bay serves as a conduit for Arctic water to enter the Labrador Sea, as well as for Atlantic water to enter the Arctic Ocean. The temperature and salinity in different regions of Baffin Bay have changed significantly in the period between 1916 and 1999. Most notably, the warm West Greenland Current has increased in temperature at a rate of up to 0.2ºC per decade, and this warming appears to have affected the deepest waters of Baffin Bay as well. The water of the Baffin Island Current has also shown a freshening trend.
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