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Satellite Evidence of Change in the Northern Gyre

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Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Fluxes

This chapter is structured as follows: First we discuss altimeter missions to date and what has been established in early studies in describing the subpolar circulation. Then we proceed to more recent studies of the subpolar gyre variability, mainly related to the 1990s large changes in the stratification structure during which time we are fortunate to have had TOPEX/Poseidon mission. Finally, we present the latest developments as gathered from altimetry and drifters for the subpolar gyre and North Atlantic Current (NAC) variability.

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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    Sirpa Häkkinen

  2. Faroese Fisheries Laboratory, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

    Hjálmar Hátún

  3. Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences Departments, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Peter Rhines

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  1. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, NR33 0HT, Lowestoft, UK

    Robert R. Dickson

  2. University of Hamburg, D-20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Jens Meincke

  3. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Peter Rhines

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Häkkinen, S., Hátún, H., Rhines, P. (2008). Satellite Evidence of Change in the Northern Gyre. In: Dickson, R.R., Meincke, J., Rhines, P. (eds) Arctic–Subarctic Ocean Fluxes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6774-7_24

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