On the influence of the east Icelandic Polar Stream on the climatic changes of the Færoe Isles, the Shetlands and the north of Scotland ...

• Main Author: Knudsen, Martin
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: Rapports et procès-verbaux des réunions (1903–1991) 2023
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Icelandic Waters ICES Ecoregion; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.19271996; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/On_the_influence_of_the_east_Icelandic_Polar_Stream_on_the_climatic_changes_of_the_F_roe_Isles_the_Shetlands_and_the_north_of_Scotland/19271996

Appendix C of Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Reunions (RPVR) Vol. 3. il )^dtographical observations have been carried on in the waters between Scotland and Iceland for a number of years. These observations have shown, that the Golf Stream at all times fills almost the whole region between the Shetland Islands and the Færoes, but that the influence of the Polar Stream can be detected, as a rule, in a lower salinity of the oceanic waters in the immediate neighbourhood of the latter. The Polar Stream is therefore not very far distant. It is obvious beforehand, that the East Icelandic Polar Stream is subject to considerable fluctuations from year to year, both as regards extent and position; yet, the observations make it seem probable, that this stream is always present to the north-west, north and north-east of the Færoes. In winter and spring, the temperature of the southern part of the Polar Stream is much lower, on the surface, than that of the Atlantic Ocean. In the summer and autumn, on the other hand, the ...