Observed transport estimates between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Mediterranean in the Iceland–Scotland region

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Østerhus, Svein, Turrell, William R., Hansen, Bogi, Lundberg, Peter, Buch, Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Faroe Bank; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2170; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v20i2.6514

The Arctic Mediterranean is the ocean area north of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Exchanges between this region and the North Atlantic both provide the main source for production of North Atlantic Deep Water and supply heat and salt to the northern oceans. The exchange occurs through several gaps in...