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Discovery 247; A field study of the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow

Discovery 247; A field study of the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow. By Jim Price, WHOI, and the science party of Discovery 247, Tom Sanford, James Girton and John Dunlap, APL/UofW, Cecilie Mauritzen, Dan Torres, George Tupper, Deb West-Mack and Dicky Allison, WHOI,

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Discovery 247; A field study of the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow

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  1. Discovery 247; A field study of the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow By Jim Price, WHOI, and the science party of Discovery 247, Tom Sanford, James Girton and John Dunlap, APL/UofW, Cecilie Mauritzen, Dan Torres, George Tupper, Deb West-Mack and Dicky Allison, WHOI, and Mark Prater, URI. Our thanks to Cpt Robin Plumley and the crew of RRS Discovery, to Jeff Benson and the UKOR technical staff and the CTD crew, Liz Hawker, Peter Huybers, Patricia Kassis, Heather Deese, Avon Russell and Laura Cornick. Supported by the US National Science Foundation and the US Office of Naval Research.

  2. Faroe-Shetland Trough Faroe-Bank Channel Wyville-Thomson Ridge

  3. section name, repeats I H,2 E D,4 G,2 F,3 C A,2 Latitude B,2 220 CTD/LADCP 105 XCP 17 sections RRS Discovery 247 Longitude

  4. sill

  5. N Atlantic inflow FBC overflow

  6. L Reykjanes Ridge climatology d

  7. the local, boundary layer effect: Bottom stress causes a significant shear in a bottom (Ekman) layer of O(50 m) thickness at section G; Current speeds are otherwise nearly geostrophic.

  8. outflowing total transport, Q sill source transport, Qs

  9. sill

  10. ctd D2 this view is from the SE this view is from the NW

  11. D2 D3 D4 D1

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