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OBJECTIVES
The overall purpose of the project is to provide a quantitative observationally
based assessment of circulation, water mass transformations, and transformation
mechanisms in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean.
The major objectives of this project are the following:
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To quantify the structure and variability of the circulation
in the upper, intermediate, and lower layers of the Eurasian Basin;
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To evaluate mechanisms by which the Atlantic Water is
transformed on its pathway along the slope of the Eurasian Basin;
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To evaluate the impact of heat transport from the Atlantic
Water on ice;
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To investigate the strength and variability of the Fram
Strait and the Barents Sea branches of the Atlantic Water;
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To estimate the rate of exchange between the arctic shelves
and the interior in order to clarify mechanisms of the arctic halocline
formation.
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