THE VOLUME TRANSPORT OF THE NORWEGIAN SEA OVERFLOW WATER IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC.

Direct measurements with Swallow floats and anchored current meters were made at a point near 53N, 36W where overflow water from the Norwegian Sea passes through a gap in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the eastern basin of the North Atlantic into the Labrador Basin. Dynamic computations accompanying th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Worthington,L. V., Volkmann,G. H.
Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MASS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1965
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*NORWEGIAN SEA
*ATLANTIC OCEAN
VOLUME
FLUIDS
OCEANOGRAPHY
Norwegian Sea
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0626010
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0626010
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Summary:Direct measurements with Swallow floats and anchored current meters were made at a point near 53N, 36W where overflow water from the Norwegian Sea passes through a gap in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from the eastern basin of the North Atlantic into the Labrador Basin. Dynamic computations accompanying the direct measurements gave a westward volume transport of overflow water in the amount of 4.6 million cubic m/sec. The volume transport of the same overflow water is computed elsewhere in the North Atlantic using the motionless surface suggested by the potential temperature/salinity relationship and the average current measurement and is found to be irregular, varying between 2.0 and 7.6 million cubic m/sec. (Author)

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