Open AccessNew look at the water exchange between the Arctic and North Atlantic in Iceland basin
Author(s) -
С. В. Гладышев,
V. S. Gladyshev,
А. А. Klyuvitkin,
Sergei K. Gulev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
doklady akademii nauk. rossijskaâ akademiâ nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0869-5652
DOI - 10.31857/s0869-56524854502-506
Subject(s) - ridge , oceanography , structural basin , arctic , geology , the arctic , north atlantic deep water , deep water , current (fluid) , jet (fluid) , geomorphology , paleontology , physics , thermodynamics
Based on the multi-year current observations along 59.5 N in the Subpolar North Atlantic multi-jet transport of arctic water along Reykjanes Ridge eastern slope producing Iceland-Scotland overflow water (ISOW) in Iceland Basin is revealed. Main jet properties as well as their contribution to the deep water transport are discussed.