The Deep Western Boundary Current: tracers and velocities

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Author: Rhein, Monika
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1994
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Denmark Strait; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/43445/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/43445/1/1-s2.0-0967063794900035-main.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/0967-0637(94)90003-5

In the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) mean velocities obtained by the F11/F12 dating method are far smaller (1–2 cm s−1) than direct velocity measurements (5–20 cm s−1). To resolve this discrepancy, a simple box model is presented that uses the ideas of Pickartet al. (1989, Physical Oceanograp...