Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel

The authors show that overflow waters flowing toward the Faroe Bank Channel can take a previously unidentified path to the Faroe-Shetland Channel where it joins an unrecognized deep-reaching jet located along its eastern rather than its western boundary.

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Main Authors: Léon Chafik, Hjálmar Hátún, Joakim Kjellsson, Karin Margretha H. Larsen, Thomas Rossby, Barbara Berx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17426-8
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author Léon Chafik
Hjálmar Hátún
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Karin Margretha H. Larsen
Thomas Rossby
Barbara Berx
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description The authors show that overflow waters flowing toward the Faroe Bank Channel can take a previously unidentified path to the Faroe-Shetland Channel where it joins an unrecognized deep-reaching jet located along its eastern rather than its western boundary.
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spelling doaj.art-b0b36a5db10a4508b436b7a47d6d28372022-12-21T23:10:41ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-07-0111111010.1038/s41467-020-17426-8Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank ChannelLéon Chafik0Hjálmar Hátún1Joakim Kjellsson2Karin Margretha H. Larsen3Thomas Rossby4Barbara Berx5Department of Meteorology and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm UniversityFaroe Marine Research InstituteGEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung KielFaroe Marine Research InstituteGraduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode IslandScottish Association for Marine ScienceThe authors show that overflow waters flowing toward the Faroe Bank Channel can take a previously unidentified path to the Faroe-Shetland Channel where it joins an unrecognized deep-reaching jet located along its eastern rather than its western boundary.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17426-8
spellingShingle Léon Chafik
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Thomas Rossby
Barbara Berx
Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
Nature Communications
title Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
title_full Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
title_fullStr Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
title_short Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel
title_sort discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the faroe bank channel
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17426-8
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