Mean full-depth summer circulation and transports at the northern periphery of the Atlantic Ocean in the 2000s

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Sarafanov, A., Falina, A., Mercier, H., Sokov, A., Lherminier, P., Gourcuff, C., Gladyshev, S., Gaillard, F., Daniault, Nathalie
• Other Authors: P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO), Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow (RAS), Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Greenland; Reykjanes; Irminger Sea; Cape Farewell; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; Nordic Seas; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00691375; https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007572

International audience A mean state of the full-depth summer circulation in the Atlantic Ocean in the region in between Cape Farewell (Greenland), Scotland and the Greenland-Scotland Ridge (GSR) is assessed by combining 2002-2008 yearly hydrographic measurements at 59.5°N, mean dynamic topography, s...