Faroese waters
Karin Margretha H. LarsenICES WGOH meeting in Reykjavik
8-11 April 2013
image:AGU 2003
North Atlantic and Nordic Seas
FAROES
Faroese CTD sections 2012
ADCP deploymentswithin THOR/NACLIM
IROC: AW (T,S)Coastal station S
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Atlantic Water in Faroese areas - Temperature
Temperatures in the Faroe Bank Channel decreased by 0.5 degr. C
Atlantic Water in Faroese areas - Salinity
Salinities continued to decrease in 2012
Faroe Shelf Temperature 2012
1914 – 1969 Average
Combining in-situ measurements and altimetry to estimate volume, heat and salt
transport variability through the Faroe Shetland Channel
B. Berx, B. Hansen, S. Østerhus, K. M. Larsen, T. Sherwin and K. Jochumsen
Submitted to Ocean Science
Faroe-Sh
etland Channel
Faroe Bank Channel
Observationalsection
Period 2009 – 2011Up to 7 ADCPs on section S
Net flow = High inflow – High outflow
Highly variable flow structure
Measurements
Temperature
100 CTD sections
4 ADCPs: 1995 – 2009+5 ADCPs: 2009 - 2011
Altimetry: 1992 - 2011
Atlantic Water (> 5 °C):Net flow = Inflow – Outflow
R=0.80 R=0.67R=0.87
R=0.74
Correlations: Altimetry – ADCPs upper 325m
FSC Atlantic Water Inflow
Average Volume Transport:2.7 ± 0.5 Sv
Average Heat Transport:107 ± 21 TW
Average Salt Transport:98 ± 20 · 106 kg s-1
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013), under grant agreements n. 212643 THOR www.eu-thor.eu and n.308299 NACLIM www.naclim.eu
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