Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Chafik, Léon, Hátún, Hjálmar, Kjellsson, Joakim, Larsen, Karin Margretha H., Rossby, Thomas, Berx, Barbara
• Other Authors: - Swedish National Space Agency through the FiNNESS project (Dnr: 133/17).
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: General Physics and Astronomy; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Chemistry; Faroe Bank; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17426-8; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17426-8.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17426-8

Abstract The dense overflow waters of the Nordic Seas are an integral link and important diagnostic for the stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The pathways feeding the overflow remain, however, poorly resolved. Here we use multiple observational platforms and an edd...