Seasonality in currents of the Rockall Channel

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Dickson, R. R., Gould, W. J., Griffiths, C., Medler, K. J., Gmitrowicz, E. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
• Subjects: General Medicine; Norwegian Sea; Rockall Bank; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0269727000004498; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0269727000004498

Synopsis Though our knowledge of the circulation in this complex region is still incomplete, recent direct current measurements have identified four separate elements of the circulation which appear to undergo a seasonal variation of some sort. These are: (i) a summer-autumn maximum in the deep over...