Wyville Thomson Ridge Overflow Water: Spatial and temporal distribution in the Rockall Trough

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Johnson, Clare, Sherwin, Toby, Smythe-Wright, Denise, Shimmield, Tracy, Turrell, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Norwegian Sea; Rockall Trough; Wyville Thomson Ridge; Wyville-Thomson Ridge; Iceland; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/167881/; https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/167881/1/DSR_I_2010_1153-1162.pdf

Wyville Thomson Ridge Overflow Water (WTOW), which is the only part of the outflow from the Norwegian Sea not to directly enter the Iceland Basin, is shown to be a significant water mass in the northern Rockall Trough. It is found primarily at intermediate depths (600–1200 m) beneath the northward f...