A volumetric census of the Barents Sea in a changing climate

Watelet, Sylvain; Skagseth, Øystein; Lien, Vidar S.; Sagen, Helge; Østensen, Øivind; Ivshin, Viktor; Beckers, Jean-Marie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2447-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2447-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2447-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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12 Oct 2020

Data description paper |

| 12 Oct 2020

A volumetric census of the Barents Sea in a changing climate

Sylvain Watelet, Øystein Skagseth, Vidar S. Lien, Helge Sagen, Øivind Østensen, Viktor Ivshin, and Jean-Marie Beckers

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2447-2020-supplement

Data sets

Barents Sea Atlas S. Watelet, Ø. Skagseth, S. V. Lien H. Sagen, Ø. Østensen, V. Ivshin, and J.-M. Beckers https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-2058021735

Model code and software

DIVA software Sylvain Watelet, Jean-Marie Beckers, Charles Troupin, Mohamed Ouberdous, Alexander Barth https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.260119

Short summary

We present here a seasonal atlas of the Barents Sea including both temperature and salinity for the period 1965–2016. This atlas is curated using several in situ data sources interpolated thanks to the tool DIVA minimizing the expected errors. The results show a recent "Atlantification" of the Barents Sea, i.e., a general increase in both temperature and salinity, while its density remains stable. The atlas is made freely accessible (https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-2058021735).