Variability and Redistribution of Heat in the Atlantic Water Boundary Current North of Svalbard

We quantify Atlantic Water heat loss north of Svalbard using year‐long hydrographic and current records from three moorings deployed across the Svalbard Branch of the Atlantic Water boundary current in 2012–2013. The boundary current loses annually on average 16 W m −2 during the eastward propagation along the upper continental slope. The largest vertical fluxes of >100 W m −2 occur episodically in autumn and early winter. Episodes of sea ice...