PC-2 Winter Process Cruise (WPC): Cruise Report

Frank Nilsen; Ilker Fer; Till Martin Baumann; Øyvind Breivik; Ceslav Czyz; Lukas  Frank; Kjersti Kalhagen; Zoé Koenig; Eivind H. Kolås; Stephan T. Kral; Bayoumi Mohamed A. Mabrouk; Tore Mo-Bjørkelund; Malte Müller; Jean Rabault

doi:10.7557/nlrs.6324

Cruise reports

No. 26 (2021): PC-2 Winter Process Cruise (WPC): Cruise Report

PC-2 Winter Process Cruise (WPC): Cruise Report

Frank Nilsen⁺⁻
Ilker Fer⁺⁻
Till Martin Baumann⁺⁻
Øyvind Breivik⁺⁻
Ceslav Czyz⁺⁻
Lukas Frank⁺⁻
Kjersti Kalhagen⁺⁻
Zoé Koenig⁺⁻
Eivind H. Kolås⁺⁻
Stephan T. Kral⁺⁻
Bayoumi Mohamed A. Mabrouk⁺⁻
Tore Mo-Bjørkelund⁺⁻
Malte Müller⁺⁻
Jean Rabault⁺⁻

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/nlrs.6324
Submitted: November 15, 2021
Published: 2021-11-22

Abstract

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.