Directly measured currents and estimated transport pathways of Atlantic Water between 59.5°N and the Iceland–Faroes–Scotland Ridge

• Published in: Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Katelin H. Childers, Charles N. Flagg, Thomas Rossby, Corinna Schrum
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholm University Press 2015
• Subjects: ADCP; current measurements; northeast Atlantic transport patterns; repeat sampling from vessels in regular traffic; Faroes–Shetland Channel; Iceland–Faroes Ridge; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Greenland; Reykjanes; Irminger Sea; Hatton Bank; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Lousy Bank; George Bligh Bank; Bill Bailey's Bank; Faroes; Iceland; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.28067; https://doaj.org/article/4d2f9d8022c644ba9b09b39b6f181534

Using vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler data from four different routes between Scotland, Iceland and Greenland, we map out the mean flow of water in the top 400 m of the northeastern North Atlantic. The poleward transport east of the Reykjanes Ridge (RR) decreases from ~8.5 to 10 Sv...