dc.contributor.author | Semper, Stefanie | |
dc.contributor.author | Pickart, Robert S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Våge, Kjetil | |
dc.contributor.author | Larsen, Karin Margretha H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hátún, Hjálmar | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Bogi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-19T09:35:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-19T09:35:09Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020-11-05T09:53:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2755617 | |
dc.description.abstract | Dense water from the Nordic Seas passes through the Faroe Bank Channel and supplies the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a critical component of the climate system. Yet, the upstream pathways of this water are not fully known. Here we present evidence of a previously unrecognised deep current following the slope from Iceland toward the Faroe Bank Channel using high-resolution, synoptic shipboard observations and long-term measurements north of the Faroe Islands. The bulk of the volume transport of the current, named the Iceland-Faroe Slope Jet (IFSJ), is relatively uniform in hydrographic properties, very similar to the North Icelandic Jet flowing westward along the slope north of Iceland toward Denmark Strait. This suggests a common source for the two major overflows across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. The IFSJ can account for approximately half of the total overflow transport through the Faroe Bank Channel, thus constituting a significant component of the overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | The Iceland-Faroe Slope Jet: a conduit for dense water toward the Faroe Bank Channel overflow | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright the authors 2020 | en_US |
dc.source.articlenumber | 5390 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19049-5 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1845129 | |
dc.source.journal | Nature Communications | en_US |
dc.relation.project | Bergens forskningsstiftelse: BFS2016REK01 | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Oseanografi: 452 | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Oceanography: 452 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Nature Communications. 2020, 11, 5390. | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 11 | en_US |