Nordic Seas

E149663

marginal sea group oceanographic region

The Nordic Seas are a group of marginal seas in the North Atlantic between Greenland, Iceland, and Norway that play a key role in ocean circulation and climate by connecting Arctic and Atlantic waters.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Nordic Seas canonical	13
Arctic Mediterranean	1
Arctic–Atlantic transition zone	1
North Atlantic Arctic sector	1
North Atlantic between Scandinavia and Greenland	1
North Atlantic subpolar region	1
North Atlantic–Arctic Ocean basin	1
North Atlantic–Arctic transition zone	1
Subpolar North Atlantic	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea group ⓘ oceanographic region ⓘ
affectedBy	changes in Atlantic inflow ⓘ climate change ⓘ sea ice decline ⓘ
borderedBy	Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Norway ⓘ
climateInfluenceOn	Arctic climate ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean via Fram Strait ⓘ Denmark Strait ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean via Denmark Strait North-East Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean via Faroe-Shetland Channel
connectsWaterMasses	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
hasBiologicalFeature	high marine productivity ⓘ important fisheries ⓘ
hasCirculationPattern	cyclonic gyre circulation ⓘ
hasCurrent	East Greenland Current ⓘ Irminger Current ⓘ Norwegian Atlantic Current ⓘ West Spitsbergen Current ⓘ
hasFeature	intense cyclonic activity ⓘ sea ice cover in winter ⓘ strong air–sea heat exchange ⓘ
hasPart	Greenland Sea ⓘ Iceland Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ
hasProcess	convection ⓘ deep water formation ⓘ water mass transformation ⓘ
locatedBetween	Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Norway ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
partOf	Arctic Mediterranean ⓘ
playsRoleIn	Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ global climate system ⓘ global ocean circulation ⓘ
roleInCarbonCycle	ocean carbon uptake region ⓘ
salinityCharacteristic	mixture of high-salinity Atlantic water and low-salinity polar water ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	climate science ⓘ physical oceanography ⓘ
temperatureCharacteristic	strong meridional temperature gradients ⓘ
waterType	Arctic-origin waters ⓘ Atlantic-origin waters ⓘ subpolar waters ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fram Strait → isOnlyDeepConnectionBetween → Nordic Seas ⓘ

North Atlantic Deep Water → formationRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

Skagerrak → locatedIn → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic–Atlantic transition zone

Greenland Basin → partOf → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Mediterranean

Greenland Basin → oceanRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic subpolar region

Iceland Sea → oceanographicRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

West Spitsbergen Current → region → Nordic Seas ⓘ

Lofoten Basin → locatedIn → Nordic Seas ⓘ

East Icelandic Current → influencesRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

East Icelandic Current → locatedIn → Nordic Seas ⓘ

NADW → formationRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

global thermohaline circulation → hasKeyRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

Labrador Sea Water → basin → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Subpolar North Atlantic

Mohns Ridge → oceanBasin → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic–Arctic Ocean basin

Arctic Intermediate Water → spreadsInto → Nordic Seas ⓘ

Denmark Strait overflow pathway → connects → Nordic Seas ⓘ

WSC → region → Nordic Seas ⓘ

subject surface form: West Spitsbergen Current

Gunnbjörn Ulfsson → regionOfActivity → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic between Scandinavia and Greenland

Arctogadus glacialis → distribution → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Arctic sector

Jones Sound → locatedInOceanRegion → Nordic Seas ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic–Arctic transition zone