Shifting Surface Currents in the Northern North Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Hakkinen, Sirpa, Rhines, Peter B.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Oceanography; Rockall Trough; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20070032937

Analysis of surface drifter tracks in the North Atlantic Ocean from the time period 1990 to 2006 provides the first evidence that the Gulf Stream waters can have direct pathways to the Nordic Seas. Prior to 2000, the drifters entering the channels leading to the Nordic Seas originated in the western...