Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 42, 2018

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concentrations in the surface layer were at normal low levels for the season, higher values were found below the halocline which is normal. Silicate concentrations in the surface layer in the Baltic Proper continued to be somewhat higher than normal, however not as high as earlier this year or last year. Surface Last updated:

SMHI forecasting tool for oil spills soon to be used in the Black Sea

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, Seatrack Web, has been used to monitor emissions in the Baltic Sea and the eastern North Sea. Seatrack Web produces dispersion forecasts for how pollutants, such as oil, move around. This makes it possible to plan decontamination work and also makes the work easier, both at sea and along the coastal Last updated:

Clear-sky thermodynamic anomalies over a sea-ice sensitive region of the Arctic

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Arctic sea-ice extent reduction records continue to be set. Recent studies of the atmospheric impact on sea-ice reduction have used reanalysis data and satellite observations. A reoccurring conclusion from these studies is the anomalously large convergence of atmospheric heat and moisture and the Last updated:

Cruise report from M/V Meri week 37, 2017

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small amounts of phosphate was measured. Surface concentrations of silicate were still above normal in the whole investigated area. The surface water temperature in the investigated area was normal to colder than normal for the season. The salinity in the surface water was normal except from the Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 46, 2016

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The temperature in the surface water was now normal or slightly lower than normal for the season. The salinity showed normal values except in the eastern part of Skagerrak, the Sound and the Gotland Deep (station BY15) where the salinity was above normal. The nutrient concentration in the surface Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 34, 2016

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The temperature in the surface water was normal for the season and varied between 16 and 18 °C. The salinity in the surface waters on the west coast was normal, in the southwestern parts of the Baltic Proper it was slightly above normal and somewhat below normal in the northern parts of the Eastern Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 24, 2016

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before BY10, hence the stations LL17, BY20 and BY15 are missing data from the CTD. On this cruise phytoplankton was analyzed on board by Malin Mohlin, the results are published in the Algaware report for June; http //www.smhi.se/oceanografi/oce_info_data/reports/alg/algsit16_6.pdf, below follows a Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 16, 2016

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showed high biological activity in the surface layer 0-10 m. For more details on species composition see the separate algal report. The Kattegat and the Sound The temperature of the surface water was normal for the season and varied between 7.0 and 8.5°C. The salinity of the surface layer was slightly Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 7, 2016

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report, AlgaAware. The Kattegat and the Sound The temperature in the surface water was normal for the season and varied between 2.3 and 3.0 °C. The surface salinity was generally lower than normal except for the north part where it was normal and ranged from 17.8 to 25.3 psu. In the Sound the salinity Last updated:

Cruise report from R/V Aranda week 1, 2016

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measurements showed low biological activity in the surface layer. For more details on species composition see the separate algal report, AlgaAware. The Kattegat and the Sound The temperature in the surface water was normal for the season and varied between 2.7 and 4.6 °C. The surface salinity was generally Last updated: