Large-Scale Atmospheric–Oceanic Interaction Regimes in the Norwegian and Barents Seas

Abstract

Large-scale atmosphere–ocean interaction in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean is analyzed. New studies demonstrate that the variability of Atlantic water inflow into Nordic seas is driven largely by the leading mode of year-to-year variations in the ocean–atmosphere system—the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO). A new vision of the effect of the NAO on the hydrophysical characteristics of the Norwegian and Barents seas is offered.