Atlantic water flow through the Faroese Channels

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Hansen, Bogi, Poulsen, Turið, Húsgarð Larsen, Karin Margretha, Hátún, Hjálmar, Østerhus, Svein, Darelius, Elin, Berx, Barbara, Quadfasel, Detlef, Jochumsen, Kerstin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Faroe Bank; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Faroe Shelf; Faroes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-873-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00008057; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00008014/os-13-873-2017.pdf; https://os.copernicus.org/articles/13/873/2017/os-13-873-2017.pdf

Through the Faroese Channels – the collective name for a system of channels linking the Faroe–Shetland Channel, Wyville Thomson Basin, and Faroe Bank Channel – there is a deep flow of cold waters from Arctic regions that exit the system as overflow through the Faroe Bank Channel and across the Wyvil...