Transport of volume, heat, and salt towards the Arctic in the Faroe Current 1993–2013

The flow of warm and saline water from the Atlantic Ocean, across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge, into the Nordic Seas – the Atlantic inflow – is split into three separate branches. The most intense of these branches is the inflow between Iceland and the Faroe Islands (Faroes), which is focused into t...

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Main Authors: B. Hansen, K. M. H. Larsen, H. Hátún, R. Kristiansen, E. Mortensen, S. Østerhus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-09-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/11/743/2015/os-11-743-2015.pdf