Rigid topographic control of currents in the Nordic Seas

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Søiland, Henrik, Prater, M. D., Rossby, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2008
• Subjects: Norwegian Sea; Lofoten; Vøring Plateau; Lofoten Basin; Faroe Bank; Faroes; Iceland; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/2255; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL034846

Neutrally buoyant floats, deployed across the northern slope of the Iceland-Faroe Ridge at 800m depth, reveal tight topographic control of their movement: a cluster of 22 floats drifts southeast to the Faroe-Shetland Channel where it bifurcates such that floats deployed over the upper slope turn sou...