Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Chafik, Léon, Hátún, Hjálmar, Kjellsson, Joakim, Larsen, Karin Margretha H., Rossby, Thomas, Berx, Barbara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2020
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50245/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50245/1/s41467-020-17426-8.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50245/2/41467_2020_17426_MOESM1_ESM.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17426-8

The dense overflow waters of the Nordic Seas are an integral link and important diagnostic for the stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The pathways feeding the overflow remain, however, poorly resolved. Here we use multiple observational platforms and an eddy-resolvi...