The Iceland-Faroe Slope Jet: a conduit for dense water toward the Faroe Bank Channel overflow
Dense water from the Nordic Seas sustains the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, yet the upstream pathways are not fully known. Here, the authors provide evidence of a deep current between Iceland and the Faroe Islands, which supplies 50% of the transport through the Faroe Bank Channel ove...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19049-5 |