Climatic mass, heat, and salt exchange between the Arctic and North Atlantic

Advective mass, heat, and salt exchange between the Arctic and the North At lantic is calculated from the balanced fields of currents, temperature and salinity obtained from a general ocean circulation model using a climatic d ata base on temperature and salinity. The calculations were performed for t hree sections, Scandinavia-Spitsbergen (16 degrees E), Spitsbergen-Greenlan d (78 degrees N), and Newfoundland-Greenland (53 degrees W). Climatic norms of advective mass, heat, and salt exchange are obtained. Seasonal climatic variability of the norms is described. A considerable inflow of the Atlant ic water into the East Greenland Current is shown to form thermohaline char acteristics of the deep branch of the oceanic conveyor.