The Lofoten Basin Eddy: three years of evolution as observed by Seagliders

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Yu, Lusha, Bosse, Anthony, Fer, Ilker, Orvik, Kjell Arild, Bruvik, Erik Magnus, Hessevik, Idar, Kvalsund, Karsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452; Lofoten; Lofoten Basin; Norwegian Sea; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/18020; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017jc012982

The Lofoten Basin in the Norwegian Sea is an area where the warm Atlantic Water is subject to the greatest heat losses anywhere in the Nordic Seas. A long-lived, deep, anticyclonic eddy is located in the central part of the basin (the Lofoten Basin Eddy, LBE). Here we use observations from Seaglider...