Open AccessPC-2 Winter Process Cruise (WPC)
Author(s) -
Frank Nilsen,
Ilker Fer,
Till Baumann,
Øyvind Breivik,
Cezlav Czyz,
Lukas Frank,
Kjersti Kalhagen,
Zoé Koenig,
Eivind Kolås,
Stephan T. Kral,
Bayoumi Mohamed A. Mabrouk,
Tore Mo-Bjørkelund,
Malte Müller,
Jean Rabault
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the nansen legacy report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2703-7525
DOI - 10.7557/nlrs.6324
Subject(s) - cruise , hydrography , oceanography , polar front , arctic , front (military) , environmental science , climatology , meteorology , geology , geography
The Winter Process Cruise (WPC) aboard RV Kronprins Haakon (KH2021702) conducted observations on processes that control the position and variability of the polar front in the Northern Barents Sea and the distribution of Arctic and Atlantic water masses. Moreover, the WPC serviced 2 gateway moorings sites (M1 and M4) and collected complementary hydrographic, microstructure and current profiles to detect the winter circulation pattern and the layering structures between the two competing water masses.
Meteorological measurements were also made.