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Decades of change: Warming trends and hydrographic variability of Atlantic Water as observed in the west Spitsbergen current (1997–2024)

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Rebecca McPherson, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Laura de Steur, et al. (2026). Decades of change: Warming trends and hydrographic variability of Atlantic Water as observed in the west Spitsbergen current (1997–2024). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 227, 105637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2026.105637