Friction and mixing in the Faroe Bank Channel outflow

• Published in: Oceanologica Acta
• Main Authors: Duncan, L.M., Bryden, H.L., Cunningham, S.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Iceland
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/102013/; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0399-1784(03)00042-2

Three hydrographic sections made during RRS Discovery cruise 242, from 7 September to 6 October 1999, are used to study the Faroe Bank Channel overflow. Each section, made perpendicular to the plume direction, comprised 10–14 stations measuring the outflow properties and velocity. The overflow defin...