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  • Figure 3.16 Labrador Sea/Baffin Bay mean near-surface current velocities...
    Figure 3.16 Labrador Sea/Baffin Bay mean near-surface current velocities...
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    Publication: Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region

    Page number: 58

    Type: Map

    Location: Baffin Bay, Davis Strait region, BBDS, Canada, Greenland,

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Under future climate change conditions the Arctic will be subject to numerous...
    Under future climate change conditions the Arctic will be subject to numerous...
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    Publication: POPs and Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern: Influence of Climate Change. Summary for Policy-makers

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    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 7.5 Schematic representations of Arctic Ocean circulation: Surface...
    Figure 7.5 Schematic representations of Arctic Ocean circulation: Surface...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 177

    Type: Map

    Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 7.15 Expanded domain of the Arctic freshwater system showing four Arctic...
    Figure 7.15 Expanded domain of the Arctic freshwater system showing four Arctic...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 192

    Type: Map

    Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 6.2 Sea level pressure (hPa) 1 June to 31 August 2013. Persistent low...
    Figure 6.2 Sea level pressure (hPa) 1 June to 31 August 2013. Persistent low...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 141

    Type: Map

    Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 6.3 Sea level pressure (hPa) 1 June to 31 August 2012. An abnormally...
    Figure 6.3 Sea level pressure (hPa) 1 June to 31 August 2012. An abnormally...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 141

    Type: Map

    Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 6.8 Ocean currents delivering heat linked with glacier destabilization...
    Figure 6.8 Ocean currents delivering heat linked with glacier destabilization...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 147

    Type: Map

    Location: Atlantic, North Atlantic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 7.1 Domain of the Arctic Freshwater System (AFD) showing four Arctic...
    Figure 7.1 Domain of the Arctic Freshwater System (AFD) showing four Arctic...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 171

    Type: Map

    Location: circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 10.16 Sea-land moisture exchange within the Arctic and between the...
    Figure 10.16 Sea-land moisture exchange within the Arctic and between the...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 247

    Type: Schematic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 10.2 Proximity of different threshold exceedances that may alter the...
    Figure 10.2 Proximity of different threshold exceedances that may alter the...
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    Publication: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017

    Page number: 234

    Type: Graph

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure A4.4 Ocean current circulation in the Baffin Bay / Davis Strait region.
    Figure A4.4 Ocean current circulation in the Baffin Bay / Davis Strait region.
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    Publication: AMAP Assessment 2018: Arctic Ocean Acidification

    Page number: 105

    Type: Map

    Location: Baffin Bay, Davis Strait

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure A1.1 General circulation of water masses in the Arctic Ocean.
    Figure A1.1 General circulation of water masses in the Arctic Ocean.
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    Publication: AMAP Assessment 2018: Arctic Ocean Acidification

    Page number: 67

    Type: Map

    Location: Arctic Ocean, circumArctic, circum-arctic, Arctic

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Figure 3.2 Ocean circulation in the BCB region. The major currents and water...
    Figure 3.2 Ocean circulation in the BCB region. The major currents and water...
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    Publication: Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Region

    Page number: 44

    Type: Map

    Location: Bering strait, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean

    Copyright: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2017

    Sources: Consult original report for data sources

    Cartographer / Designer: Burnthebook.co.uk

  • Arctic sea-ice movement pattern, and Arctic Rapid Change Pattern (Arctic dipole...
    Arctic sea-ice movement pattern, and Arctic Rapid Change Pattern (Arctic dipole...
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    Citation: AMAP, 2012. Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. SWIPA 2011 Overview Report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo. xi + 97pp

    Copyright: AMAP, 2012

    ISBN: 978-82-7971-073-8

    Published: 2012-12-20

    Region: arctic ocean

  • Beaufort Gyre and unusual flows of warm water
    Beaufort Gyre and unusual flows of warm water
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    Citation: AMAP, 2012. Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. SWIPA 2011 Overview Report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo. xi + 97pp

    Copyright: AMAP, 2012

    ISBN: 978-82-7971-073-8

    Published: 2012-12-20

    Region: arctic ocean

  • The Arctic Oscillation and circulation - positive and negative phase
    The Arctic Oscillation and circulation - positive and negative phase
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    Citation: AMAP, 2012. Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost. SWIPA 2011 Overview Report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo. xi + 97pp

    Copyright: AMAP, 2012

    ISBN: 978-82-7971-073-8

    Published: 2012-12-20

    Region: arctic

  • Ozone soundings at Sodankylä, Finland, 23 March 1995 The green line denotes...
    Ozone soundings at Sodankylä, Finland, 23 March 1995 The green line denotes...
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    Published: 2007-11-20

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    Region: FI

    Edited_by: hugo.ahlenius@grida.no

    Cartographer / Designer: Graphical production: Philippe Rekacewicz and Emmanuelle Bournay (GRID-Arendal)

  • Schematic illustration of ecosystem carbon fluxes and nutrient circulation in...
    Schematic illustration of ecosystem carbon fluxes and nutrient circulation in...
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    Sources: Title (cont.) Atmospheric CO2 is fixed in the plants through photosynthesis (Cp). Dead parts of plants with organic carbon and nutrients fall to the ground as litter and enter the decomposition cycle (D) where they are transformed into soil organic matte

    Region: geoarctic

    Edited_by: hugo.ahlenius@grida.no

    Cartographer / Designer: Graphical production: Philippe Rekacewicz and Emmanuelle Bournay (GRID-Arendal)

  • Circulation and water mass structure in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas Mixing...
    Circulation and water mass structure in the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas Mixing...
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    Sources: Title (cont.) Open ocean convection takes place in the gyres of the Greenland and Iceland Seas. after Aagaard, K., J.H. Swift and E.C. Carmack, 1985. Thermohaline circulation in the Arctic Mediterranean seas. J. geophys. Res. 90: 4833-4846. (AAR Figur

    Region: arcticocean

    Edited_by: hugo.ahlenius@grida.no

    Cartographer / Designer: Graphical production: Philippe Rekacewicz and Emmanuelle Bournay (GRID-Arendal)

  • Schematic diagram of circulation and the extent of different water masses in...
    Schematic diagram of circulation and the extent of different water masses in...
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    Sources: Source(s) Takenouti, A.Y. and K. Ohtani, 1974. Currents and water masses in the Bering Sea: A review of Japanese work. In: D.W. Hood and E.J. Kelly (eds.). Oceanograpy of the Bering Sea with emphasis on renewable resources, pp. 39-57. University of Alask

    Region: beringsea

    Edited_by: hugo.ahlenius@grida.no

    Cartographer / Designer: Graphical production: Philippe Rekacewicz and Emmanuelle Bournay (GRID-Arendal)

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