1. Norwegian Sea - Noun
2. Norwegian Sea - Proper noun
the part of the Atlantic that lies off the Norwegian coast to the north of the North Sea
Source: WordNetHuntford, p. 476 In 1909 Nansen combined with Bjørn Helland-Hansen to publish an academic paper, The Norwegian Sea: its Physical Oceanography, based on the Michael Sars voyage of 1900. Source: Internet
The biomass of young hatched herring declined from 11 million tonnes in 1956 to almost zero in 1970; that affected the ecosystem not only of the Norwegian Sea but also of the Barents Sea. Source: Internet
Hydrology Tide ranges and tide times ( hours after Bergen ) along the Norwegian coast Thermohaline circulation explains the formation of cold, dense deep water in the Norwegian Sea. Source: Internet
Johnson, 1982, pp. 95–101 Observations of northern bottlenose whales in the Norwegian Sea are rare. Source: Internet
Recent research has concluded that the large volume of water in the Norwegian Sea with its large heat absorption capacity is more important as a source of Norway's mild winters than the Gulf Stream and its extensions. Source: Internet
Schaefer, 2001, pp. 10–17 The 10-degree July isotherm (air temperature line) runs through the northern boundary of the Norwegian Sea and is often taken as the southern boundary of the Arctic. Source: Internet