The Barents Sea frontal zones and water masses variability  (1980–2011)

Oziel, L.; Sirven, J.; Gascard, J.-C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-169-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-169-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-169-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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25 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 25 Jan 2016

The Barents Sea frontal zones and water masses variability (1980–2011)

L. Oziel, J. Sirven, and J.-C. Gascard

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RC C86: 'Review of the manuscript “The Barents Sea polar front and water masses variability', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Apr 2015
RC C103: 'Review of OSD, 12, 449-492, 2015; Oziel et al. The Barents Sea polar front and water masses variability (1980-2011)', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Apr 2015
AC C294: 'AUTHORS REPONSE', Laurent Oziel, 18 Jun 2015

Short summary

The Barents Sea (BS) is a subpolar region and a zone transition where the Atlantic and the Arctic water masses meets and creates the "Polar Front". This study, based on one of the largest hydrological data set, showed for the first time that the "Polar Front" splits into two branches in the eastern part of the BS. This study also showed that, in a context of climate change, the BS experiences an "Atlantification", which goes along with a north-eastward shift of the frontal structure.