Cruise Observations in the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea, January 1999
The National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) carried out an observation cruise in the Arctic in cooperation with the Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Russia. The observation area was the western part of the Barents Sea and north-eastern part of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National Institute of Polar Research
1999-07-01
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| Series: | Antarctic Record |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.15094/00009085 |
| Summary: | The National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) carried out an observation cruise in the Arctic in cooperation with the Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), Russia. The observation area was the western part of the Barents Sea and north-eastern part of the Greenland Sea. The area is considered to be a major carbon sink and also where bottom water is formed. The field work is reported here together with some preliminary results. |
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| ISSN: | 0085-7289 2432-079X |