Large-scale forcing of the European Slope Current and associated inflows to the North Sea

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: Marsh, Robert, Haigh, Ivan, Cunningham, Stuart, Inall, Mark, Porter, Marie, Moat, Ben
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: 7ref2021; Hebridean Shelf; North Atlantic; Torshavn
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/248b2f7e-eeb5-42e3-be85-9c3e44c4c853; https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-315-2017; https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/files/2094102/os_2016_61.pdf; http://www.ocean-sci-discuss.net/os-2016-61/

Drifters drogued at 50 m in the European Slope Current at the Hebridean shelf break follow a wide range of pathways, indicating highly variable Atlantic inflow to the North Sea. Slope Current pathways, timescales and transports over 1988–2007 are further quantified in an eddy-resolving ocean model h...