Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current along the Lofoten Escarpment

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Fer, Ilker, Bosse, Anthony, Dugstad, Johannes
• Other Authors: Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Lofoten; Svinøy
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-03668097; https://insu.hal.science/insu-03668097/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-03668097/file/os-16-685-2020.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-685-2020

International audience Observations from moored instruments are analyzed to describe the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current at the Lofoten Escarpment (13 ∘ E, 69 ∘ N). The data set covers a 14-month period from June 2016 to September 2017 and resolves the core of the current from 200 to 650 m depth be...