Mixing in the stratified interface of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow: the role of transverse circulation and internal waves

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Seim, Knut Sponheim, Fer, Ilker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2011
• Subjects: VDP::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Oceanography: 452; Faroe Bank; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2460483; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006805

The overflow of cold water across the Faroe Bank Channel sill is a significant volume flux of dense water to the North Atlantic Ocean. Using observations of hydrography, current and microstructure from a 1 week cruise and 2 month long time series from moored instruments, we address the role of trans...