New Cost-Effective Technologies Applied to the Study of the Glacier Melting Influence on Physical and Biological Processes in Kongsfjorden Area (Svalbard)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Survey Strategy
3. Results
3.1. Kongsbreen
3.2. Conwaybreen
3.3. Water Masses
4. Discussions
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Water Mass | Abbreviation | Characteristics | ||
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T (°C) | Sal (PSU) | σ (kg/m3) | ||
Atlantic water | AW | >3 | >34.65 | <27.92 |
Transformed Atlantic water | TAW | 1 to 3 | >34.65 | <27.92 |
Arctic water | ArW | −1.5 to 1 | 34.3 to 34.8 | |
Surface water | SW | >1 | <34 | |
Intermediate water | IW | >1 | 34 to 34.65 | |
Local water | LW | −0.5 to 1 | 34.3 to 34.85 | |
Winter cooled water | WCW | <−0.5 | 34.4 to 35.0 |
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Pasculli, L.; Piermattei, V.; Madonia, A.; Bruzzone, G.; Caccia, M.; Ferretti, R.; Odetti, A.; Marcelli, M. New Cost-Effective Technologies Applied to the Study of the Glacier Melting Influence on Physical and Biological Processes in Kongsfjorden Area (Svalbard). J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8, 593. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080593
Pasculli L, Piermattei V, Madonia A, Bruzzone G, Caccia M, Ferretti R, Odetti A, Marcelli M. New Cost-Effective Technologies Applied to the Study of the Glacier Melting Influence on Physical and Biological Processes in Kongsfjorden Area (Svalbard). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2020; 8(8):593. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080593
Chicago/Turabian StylePasculli, Lorenzo, Viviana Piermattei, Alice Madonia, Gabriele Bruzzone, Massimo Caccia, Roberta Ferretti, Angelo Odetti, and Marco Marcelli. 2020. "New Cost-Effective Technologies Applied to the Study of the Glacier Melting Influence on Physical and Biological Processes in Kongsfjorden Area (Svalbard)" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 8: 593. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8080593