The Iceland-Faroe Slope Jet: a conduit for dense water toward the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Semper, Stefanie, Pickart, Robert S., Våge, Kjetil, Larsen, Karin Margretha H., Hátún, Hjálmar, Hansen, Bogi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Oceanography: 452; Faroe Bank; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Denmark Strait; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2755617; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19049-5

Dense water from the Nordic Seas passes through the Faroe Bank Channel and supplies the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a critical component of the climate system. Yet, the upstream pathways of this water are not fully known. Here we present evidence of a previously un...