Model studies of dense water overflows in the Faroese Channels

• Published in: Ocean Dynamics
• Main Authors: Cuthbertson, Alan, Davies, Peter, Stashchuk, Nataliya, Vlasenko, Vasiliy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2014
• Subjects: Oceanography; Faroe Bank; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-013-0685-2; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10236-013-0685-2.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10236-013-0685-2/fulltext.html; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10236-013-0685-2

Abstract The overflow of dense water from the Nordic Seas through the Faroese Channel system was investigated through combined laboratory experiments and numerical simulations using the Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Circulation Model. In the experimental study, a scaled, topographic...