First direct estimates of volume and water mass transports across the Reykjanes Ridge

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Petit, Tillys, Mercier, Herle, Thierry, Virginie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: North Atlantic subpolar gyre; bathymetry; water masses; circulation; observations; Arctic; Bight Fracture Zone; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; Iceland; Labrador Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00454/56604/58296.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013999; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00454/56604/

The Reykjanes Ridge is a major topographic feature located south of Iceland in the North‐Atlantic Ocean that strongly influences the subpolar gyre (SPG) circulation. Based on velocity and hydrographic measurements carried out along the crest of the Reykjanes Ridge from the Icelandic continental shel...