http://www.smi.ac.uk/images/north-atlantic-surface-currents-sams/view Bee Berx 1 , Bogi Hansen 2 , Svein Østerhus 3 , Karin Margaretha Larsen 2 , Toby Sherwin 4 and Kerstin Jochumsen 5 1 Marine Scotland Science ([email protected]); 2 Faroe Marine Research Institute; 3 University of Bergen; 4 Scottish Association for Marine Science; 5 Universität Hamburg Integrating altimetry into the estimates of Atlatnic water transport in the Faroe Shetland Channel Berx et al., Ocean Sci., 9, 639-654, 2013
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Bee Berx1, Bogi Hansen2, Svein Østerhus3, Karin Margaretha Larsen2, Toby Sherwin4 and Kerstin Jochumsen5
1 Marine Scotland Science ([email protected]); 2 Faroe Marine Research Institute; 3 University of Bergen; 4 Scottish Association for Marine Science; 5 Universität Hamburg
Integrating altimetry into the estimates of Atlatnic water transport in the Faroe Shetland Channel
• Combined water property observations (Temperature and Salinity) with current meter and sea elevation observations to estimate transport of Atlantic water through the FSC.
• On average 2.7±0.5 Sv is transported into the Nordic Seas• Net volume transport shows consistent seasonality: maximum
Dec-Jan, and amplitude of 0.7 Sv. • No significant trend in volume transport between 1992 and 2011.• We have observed increases in temperature and salinity, and may
therefore expect trends in relative heat and salt transports (but difficult to verify statistically based on this time series).
• Currently studying whether less variable observations can be made in an area to the south-west of the FIM section
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013), under grant agreement n.308299NACLIM www.naclim.eu