Atlantic water flow through the Faroese Channels

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Hansen, Bogi, Poulsen, Turið, Húsgarð Larsen, Karin Margretha, Hátún, Hjálmar, Østerhus, Svein, Darelius, Elin, Berx, Barbara, Quadfasel, Detlef, Jochumsen, Kerstin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Faroe Bank; Faroe Shelf; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Faroes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-873-2017; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/13/873/2017/

Through the Faroese Channels – the collective name for a system of channels linking the Faroe–Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Basin, and Faroe Bank Channel – there is a deep flow of cold waters from Arctic regions that exit the system as overflow through the Faroe Bank Channel and across the Wyvil...