Abstract
MAIA (monitoring the Atlantic Inflow toward the Arctic) is an EU Fifth Framework Programme shared cost RTD project supporting Key Action 2 (Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity) of Theme 4: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (Contract No. ECK2-CT-1999-00008). The MAIA partners are: • SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Trondheim, Norway • NERC Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston, UK • Fisheries Research Service Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, UK • Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway • Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden • Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Dynamique et de Climatologie, Paris, France This report presents the results of WP4 (External influences).