The Faroe-Shetland Channel Jet: Structure, Variability, and Driving Mechanisms

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Chafik, L., Nilsson, J., Rossby, T., Kondetharayil Soman, A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2023
• Subjects: AMOC; Nordic Seas; overflows; Faroe Bank
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/2232; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019083

The Faroe-Bank Channel (FBC) is a key gateway through which dense overflow water of the Nordic Seas supplies the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Most recently, it was discovered that a deep jet through the Faroe-Shetland Channel carries the bulk of this overflow water,...