Oceanic Fluxes In Icelandic Waters ...

• Main Authors: Malmberg, Svend-Aage, Mortensen, John, Jónsson, Steingrímur
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2001 - W - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Greenland; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; east greenland current; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25636329.v1; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Oceanic_Fluxes_In_Icelandic_Waters/25636329/1

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.In the EU project VEINS 1997-2000 the Marine Research Institute was involved in the following tasks; a) Providing an improved estimate of the fresh water flux in the cold East Greenland and East Icelandic Currents and b) Measuring the inflow of Atlantic water through the Denmark Strait. The fresh water flux in spring in the East Icelandic Current northeast of Iceland was relatively high in 1997 and 1998 but lower in 1999. The fluxes, assuming that the current is constant at 10 cm/s, ranged from 0.001 to 0.005 Sv. The fresh water content (in September) in the East Greenland Current in the Denmark Strait was also estimated to be relatively high in 1997 and 1998, but lower in 1999. A very simple calculation of the average transport of fresh water in September 1987-1999 indicates that it is of the magnitude 0.15 Sv which is higher than previous estimates. The inflow of Atlantic Water through the Denmark Strait to the Iceland Sea is very variable ...