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The Upper Ocean

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Since the drift of the Fram nearly ninety years ago, it has been recognized that turbulent exchange in the upper ocean is a major factor in the dynamic and thermodynamic regime of high-latitude, ice-covered seas. Ekman (1905) credited the inspiration for his theory of wind drift currents, which was to become a cornerstone of physical oceanography and meteorology, to Nansen’s qualitative description of the effect of the earth’s rotation on the upper layers of the ocean, which he deduced from his observations that Fram drifted consistently 20–40 degrees right of the surface wind. They were among the first to appreciate the unique observational platform provided by pack ice.

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McPhee, M.G. (1986). The Upper Ocean. In: Untersteiner, N. (eds) The Geophysics of Sea Ice. NATO ASI Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5352-0_5

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