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Göran Björk
Professor Emeritus
Department of Marine SciencesAbout Göran Björk
Research
Ocean circulation and ice conditions in the Arctic Seas
Studies of ocean circulation based on data from several expeditions to the Arctic. From salinity, temperature and chemical data it is possible to map the major circulation features of the ocean. I have also worked a great deal with model investigations of the ice thickness distribution and how it relates to deformation processes. The modelling work includes studies on the fully coupled system including atmosphere, sea-ice and ocean. One special interest is the sensitive of the ice cover to variations of climate factors and to explain observed ice thickness variations. I have participated in 8 icebreaker expeditions to the high Arctic, the last one in 2014 Swedish – Russian – US Arctic Ocean Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere-Carbon Interactions (SWERUS-C3). Collaborates with researchers from Stockholm University regarding transformation and fluxes of terrestrial carbon on the Siberian Shelf based on data from the SWERUS_C3 expedition.
Transport of warm ocean water against the floating ice shelves in Amundsen Sea Antarctica
Studies of the circulation of warm oceanic water on the shallow Amundsen Sea with respect to melting and thinning of the floating ice shelves. We have participated with oceanographic measurements during expeditions to the Amundsen Sea with the Swedish icebreaker Oden 2008/9 and 2010/11 as well as with the South Korean research vessel Araon in 2011/2012.
Coastal upwelling and water exchange in fjords along the Swedish west coast
Observations and analyze of water exchange and circulation in fjords along the Swedish west coast. Fjord circulation in the Orust –Tjörn fjord system using simplified process based models. Upwelling and water exchange in the Gullmars fjord based on ~100 years data. Investigations of the circulation and environmental conditions in the Sannäs fjord.
Fishery research
Studies of dispersion and retention of cod eggs in Kattekatt based on data from filed observations in 2005 and 2006 in combination with model simulations. Transport of eel larvae across the North Atlantic using model simulations in collaboration with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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Historic distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PAC) in a
Skagerrak fjord, Swedish west coast as reflected in a high-resolution
sediment record and compared to the Environmental Quality
Standards
(EQS)
Kjell Nordberg, Göran Björk, Katarina Abrahamsson, Sarah Josefsson, Lisa Lundin
Marine Pollution Bulletin - 2024 -
Methane plume detection after the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosion in the Baltic
Sea
Katarina Abrahamsson, Ellen Damm, Göran Björk, Carina Bunse, Samuel Sellmaier, Göran Broström, Volkmar Assmann, Adela Dumitrascu, Adele Maciute, Niten Olofsson, Milad Pourdanandeh
Scientific Reports - 2024 -
Measurements of CH4 concentration and 𝜹13C-CH4 in seawater after the Nord Stream 2 detonation in October
2022.
Ellen Damm, Samuel Sellmaier, Göran Björk, Katarina Abrahamsson
Pangaea - 2023 -
Fritidsbåtars avgasutsläpp i skärgården. Med fokus på plycykliska aromatiska
kolväten
Kjell Nordberg, Göran Björk, Lisa Lundin, Katarina Abrahamsson, Sarah Jopsefsson, Carl Dahlberg, Ingrid Zar
2022 -
On the circulation, water mass distribution, and nutrient concentrations of the western Chukchi
Sea
J. Clement Kinney, Karen Assmann, W. Maslowski, Göran Björk, M. Jakobsson, S. Jutterström, Y. J. Lee, R. Osinski, I. Semiletov, Adam Ulfsbo, I. Wählström, Leif G Anderson
Ocean Science - 2022 -
Acoustic mapping of mixed layer
depth
C. Stranne, L. Mayer, M. Jakobsson, E. Weidner, K. Jerram, T. C. Weber, Leif G Anderson, J. Nilsson, Göran Björk, K. Gardfeldt
Ocean Science - 2018 -
Bathymetry and oceanic flow structure at two deep passages crossing the Lomonosov
Ridge
Göran Björk, M. Jakobsson, Karen Assmann, Leif G Anderson, J. Nilsson, C. Stranne, L. Mayer
Ocean Science - 2018 -
Ice-shelf damming in the glacial Arctic Ocean: dynamical regimes of a basin-covering kilometre-thick ice
shelf
J. Nilsson, M. Jakobsson, C. Borstad, N. Kirchner, Göran Björk, R. T. Pierrehumbert, C. Stranne
Cryosphere - 2017 -
Seasonal oxygen depletion in a shallow sill fjord on the Swedish west
coast
Göran Björk, Kjell Nordberg, Lars Arneborg, Lennart Bornmalm, R. Harland, Ardo Robijn, M. Odalen
Journal of Marine Systems - 2017 -
Shelf-Basin interaction along the East Siberian
Sea
Leif G Anderson, Göran Björk, O. Holby, S. Jutterstrom, C. M. Morth, M. O'Regan, C. Pearce, I. Semiletov, C. Stranne, Tim Stöven, T. Tanhua, Adam Ulfsbo, M. Jakobsson
Ocean Science - 2017 -
On the nature and origin of water masses in Herald Canyon, Chukchi Sea: Synoptic surveys in summer 2004, 2008, and
2009
Johanna Linders, R. S. Pickart, Göran Björk, G. W. K. Moore
Progress in Oceanography - 2017 -
Sea-air exchange patterns along the central and outer East Siberian Arctic Shelf as inferred from continuous CO2, stable isotope, and bulk chemistry
measurements
Christoph Humborg, Marc C. Geibel, Leif G Anderson, Göran Björk, Carl Magnus Mörth, Marcus Sundbom, Brett F. Thornton, Barbara Deutsch, Erik Gustafsson, Bo Gustafsson, Jörgen Ek, Igor Semiletov
Global Biogeochemical Cycles - 2017 -
Post-glacial flooding of the Bering Land Bridge dated to 11 cal ka BP based on new geophysical and sediment
records
Martin Jakobsson, Christof Pearce, Thomas M. Cronin, Jan Backman, Leif G Anderson, Natalia Barrientos, Göran Björk, Helen Coxall, Agatha De Boer, Larry A. Mayer, Carl Magnus Mörth, Johan Nilsson, Jayne E. Rattray, Christian Stranne, Igor Semiletov, Matt O'Regan
Climate of the Past - 2017 -
Evidence for an ice shelf covering the central Arctic Ocean during the penultimate
glaciation
M. Jakobsson, J. Nilsson, Leif G Anderson, J. Backman, Göran Björk, T. M. Cronin, N. Kirchner, A. Koshurnikov, L. Mayer, R. Noormets, M. O'Regan, C. Stranne, R. Ananiev, N. B. Macho, D. Cherniykh, H. Coxall, B. Eriksson, T. Floden, L. Gemery, O. Gustafsson, K. Jerram, C. Johansson, A. Khortov, R. Mohammad, I. Semiletov
Nature Communications - 2016 -
Ice export from the Laptev and East Siberian Sea derived from O-18
values
P. O. Rosen, P. S. Andersson, V. Alling, C. M. Morth, Göran Björk, I. Semiletov, D. Porcelli
Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans - 2015 -
Circulation and modification of warm deep water on the central Amundsen
Shelf
H.K. Ha, Anna Wåhlin, T.W. Kim, S.H. Lee, J.H. Lee, H.J. Lee, C.S. Hong, Lars Arneborg, Göran Björk, Ola Kalén
Journal of Physical Oceanography - 2014 -
Interannual variability in the transport of fish eggs in the Kattegat and
Öresund
Selma Pacariz, Göran Björk, Henrik Svedäng
ICES Journal of Marine Science - 2014 -
Arctic Ocean perennial sea ice breakdown during the Early Holocene Insolation
Maximum
Christian Stranne, M. Jakobsson, Göran Björk
Quaternary Science Reviews - 2014 -
A model study of the large-scale transport of fish eggs in the Kattegat in relation to egg
density
Selma Pacariz, Göran Björk, P. Jonsson, P. Borjesson, H. Svedang
Ices Journal of Marine Science - 2014 -
Climate change and passive transport of European eel
larvae
Selma Pacariz, Håkan Westerberg, Göran Björk
Ecology of Freshwater Fish - 2014 -
Variability of Warm Deep Water Inflow in a Submarine Trough on the Amundsen Sea
Shelf
Anna Wåhlin, Ola Kalén, Lars Arneborg, Göran Björk, Gisela Carvajal, Ho Kyung Ha, TaeWan Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, JaeHak Lee, Christian Stranne
Journal of Physical Oceanography - 2013 -
The melt-freeze cycle of the Arctic Ocean ice cover and its dependence on ocean
stratification
Johanna Linders, Göran Björk
Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans - 2013 -
Observations of water masses and circulation with focus on the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean from the 1990s to the late
2000s
B. Rudels, U. Schauer, Göran Björk, M. Korhonen, S. Pisarev, B. Rabe, A. Wisotzki
Ocean Science - 2013 -
The Sensitivity of the Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Thickness and Its Dependence on the Surface Albedo
Parameterization
Göran Björk, Christian Stranne, Karin Borenäs
Journal of Climate - 2013 -
Spawning of Kattegat cod (Gadus morhua)—Mapping spatial distribution by egg
surveys
Börjesson Patrik, Jonsson Patrik, Selma Pacariz, Göran Björk, Martin I. Taylor, Henrik Svedäng
Fisheries Research - 2013 -
Source and formation of the upper halocline of the Arctic
Ocean
Leif G Anderson, Andersson Per, Göran Björk, Jones E Peter, Sara Jutterström, Irene Wåhlström
Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans - 2013 -
Modeling the CO2 dynamics in the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean: Part II. Sensitivity of fluxes to changes in the
forcing
Irene Wåhlström, Anders Omstedt, Göran Björk, Leif G Anderson
Journal of Marine Systems - 2013 -
Sannäsfjorden - en studie av hydrografisk, bottendynamisk och miljökemisk
status
Kjell Nordberg, Lennart Bornmalm, Ingemar Cato, Lars Arneborg, Göran Björk, Ardo Robijn
2012 -
On the Arctic Ocean ice thickness response to changes in the external
forcing
Göran Björk, Christian Stranne
Climate Dynamics - 2012 -
Persistent inflow of warm water onto the central Amundsen
Shelf
Lars Arneborg, Anna Wåhlin, Göran Björk, Bengt Liljebladh, Alex Orsi
Nature Geoscience - 2012 -
Some Implications of Ekman Layer Dynamics for Cross-Shelf Exchange in the Amundsen Sea MMERMANN R, 2010, EARTH SYSTEM SCI DAT,
V0002
Anna Wåhlin, R. D. Muench, Lars Arneborg, Göran Björk, H. K. Ha, S. H. Lee, H Alsen
Journal of Physical Oceanography - 2012 -
Modelling the CO2 dynamics in the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean: Part
I
Irene Wåhlström, Anders Omstedt, Göran Björk, Leif G Anderson
Journal of Marine Systems - 2012 -
East Siberian Sea, an Arctic region of very high biogeochemical
activity
Leif G Anderson, Göran Björk, Sara Jutterström, I. Pipko, N. Shakhova, I. Semiletov, Irene Wåhlström
Biogeosciences - 2011 -
Arctic ocean shelf–basin interaction: An active continental shelf CO2 pump and its impact on the degree of calcium carbonate
solubility
Leif G Anderson, T. Tanhua, Göran Björk, Sofia Hjalmarsson, E.P. Jones, Sara Jutterström, B. Rudels, J.H. Swift, Irene Wåhlström
Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers - 2010 -
Inflow of Warm Circumpolar Deep Water in the Central Amundsen
Shelf
Anna Wåhlin, Xiaojun Yuan, Göran Björk, Christian Nohr
Journal of Physical Oceanography - 2010 -
An Arctic Ocean ice shelf during MIS 6 constrained by new geophysical and geological
data
M. Jakobsson, J. Nilsson, M. O'Regan, J. Backman, L. Löwemark, Julian A. Dowdeswell, L. Mayer, L. Polyak, F. Colleoni, Leif G Anderson, Göran Björk, D. Darby, B. Eriksson, D. Hanslik, B. Hell, C. Marcussen, E. Sellen, Å. Wallin
Quaternary Science Reviews - 2010 -
Flow of Canadian Basin Deep Water in the Western Eurasian Basin of the Arctic
Ocean
Göran Björk, Leif G Anderson, Martin Jakobsson, D Antony, B Eriksson, PB Eriksson, B Hell, Sofia Hjalmarsson, T Janzen, Sara Jutterström, Johanna Linders, L Löwemark, C marcussen, Anders Olsson, B. Rudels, E Sellen, M Sölvsten
Deep Sea Research - 2010 -
The Beryllium isotope composition of the Arctic
Ocean
Martin Frank, Don Porcelli, Per Andersson, M. Baskaran, P.W. Kubik, Göran Björk, B. Hattendorf, D. Guenther
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta - 2009 -
The distribution of neodymium isotopes in Arctic Ocean
basins
D. Porcelli, P. S. Andersson, M. Baskaran, M. Frank, Göran Björk, I. Semiletov
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta - 2009 -
A Dynamic Sea Ice Model Based on the Formation Direction of
Leads
Christian Nohr, Göran Björk, Bo Gustafsson
Cold Regions Science and Technology - 2009 -
Neodymium isotopes in seawater from the Barents Sea and Fram Strait Arctic-Atlantic
gateways
Per S. Andersson, Don Porcelli, Martin Frank, Göran Björk, Ralf Dahlqvist, Orjan Gustafsson
Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta - 2008 -
The Passage of Canadian Basin Deep Water Over the Lomonosov Ridge and Through the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean: Results From the LOMROG-2007 Icebreaker
Expedition
Göran Björk, Leif G Anderson, P. Eriksson, Sofia Hjalmarsson, Sara Jutterström, J.G. Nilsson, Anders Olsson
American Geophysical Union - 2008 -
Liquid freshwater transport and Polar Surface Water characteristics in the East Greenland Current during the AO-02 Oden
expedition
J. Nilsson, Göran Björk, B. Rudels, P. Winsor, D. Torres
Progress in Oceanography - 2008 -
Ice dynamics in the Bothnian Bay as inferred from ADCP
measurements
Göran Björk, Christian Nohr, Bo Gustafsson, A. Lindberg
Tellus - 2008 -
Bathymetry and deep-water exchange across the central Lomonosov Ridge at
88°-89°N
Göran Björk, B. Rudels, J.H Swift, Leif G Anderson, D. A. Darby, J. Backman, B. Coakley, P. Winsor, L. Polyak, M. Edwards
Deep-Sea Research I - 2007 -
The deep waters of the Eurasian Basin, Arctic Ocean: Geothermal heat flow, mixing and
renewal
Göran Björk, P. Winsor
Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers - 2006 -
A major change in the phytoplankton of a Swedish sill fjord - A consequence of engineering
work?
Helena L. Filipsson, Göran Björk, Rex Harland, Melissa R. McQuoid, Kjell Nordberg
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science - 2005 -
The interaction between waters from the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas north of Fram Strait and along the East Greenland Current: results from the Arctic Ocean-02 Oden
expedition
B. Rudels, Göran Björk, J. Nilsson, P. Winsor, I. Lake, Christian Nohr
Journal of Marine Systems - 2005 -
Ice thickness variability in the Arctic Ocean between 1954-1990, results from a coupled ocean-ice-atmosphere column
model
Johan Söderkvist, Göran Björk
Climate Dynamics - 2004 -
Variability in river runoff distribution in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic
Ocean
Leif G Anderson, Sara Jutterström, Staffan Kaltin, E. Peter Jones, Göran Björk
Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans - 2004 -
Upwelling along the Swedish west coast during the 20th
century
Göran Björk, Kjell Nordberg
Continental Shelf Research - 2003 -
Return of the cold halocline to the Amundsen Basin of the Arctic
Ocean
Göran Björk, Johan Söderkvist, P. Winsor, Anna Nikolopoulos
Geophysical Research Letters - 2002 -
Confluence and redistribution of Atlantic waters in the Eurasian Basin: Results from
ACSYS-96
U. Schauer, B. Rudels, Leif G Anderson, R. Muench, Göran Björk, J H Swift, V. Ivanov, Anne-Marie Larsson
Annales Geophysicae - 2002 -
Dependence of the Arctic Ocean thickness distribution on the poleward energy flux in the
atmosphere
Göran Björk, Johan Söderkvist
Journal of Geophysical Research - 2002