Deep ocean currents detected with satellite altimetry

• Main Authors: Jacob L. Høyer, Detlef Quadfasel, Ole B. Andersen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Denmark Strait
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.534.9508; http://www.ifm.zmaw.de/fileadmin/files/images/Staff/Quadfasel/11cjrs_hoyer.pdf

Overflows of dense and cold bottom water through Denmark Strait and the Faroe Bank Channel are associated with enhanced meso-scale current variability associated with eddies. These fluctuations can be detected through enhanced sea surface height variability in TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS 1+2 satellite al...