The Norwegian Atlantic Current in the Lofoten basin inferred from hydrological and tracer data (129I) and its interaction with the Norwegian Coastal Current

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Gascard, Jean-Claude, Raisbeck, G., Sequeira, S., Yiou, F., Mork, Kjell Arne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2004
• Subjects: Lofoten; Lofoten Basin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/396; https://doi.org/10.1029/2003gl018303

From three hydrological sections taken across the Lofoten Basin in May 2000, we estimated geostrophic transports of 7.2 Sv (Sverdrup = 106 m³ s-¹) for the Norwegian Atlantic Current (NAC) and its division between northern (4.8 Sv) and eastern (2.4 Sv) branches. From 129I/127I concentration ratio mea...