faroese waters
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Faroese waters. Karin Margretha H. Larsen ICES WGOH meeting in Reykjavik 8-11 April 2013. AGU, 2003. North Atlantic and Nordic Seas. FAROES. image:AGU 2003. Faroese CTD sections 2012. ADCP deployments within THOR/NACLIM IROC: AW (T,S) Coastal station S Add deep water series?. N. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Faroese waters
Karin Margretha H. LarsenICES WGOH meeting in Reykjavik
8-11 April 2013
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image:AGU 2003
North Atlantic and Nordic Seas
FAROES
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Faroese CTD sections 2012
ADCP deploymentswithin THOR/NACLIM
IROC: AW (T,S)Coastal station S
Add deep water series?
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Atlantic Water in Faroese areas - Temperature
Temperatures in the Faroe Bank Channel decreased by 0.5 degr. C
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Atlantic Water in Faroese areas - Salinity
Salinities continued to decrease in 2012
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Faroe Shelf Temperature 2012
1914 – 1969 Average
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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
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Faroe-Sh
etland Channel
Faroe Bank Channel
Observationalsection
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Period 2009 – 2011Up to 7 ADCPs on section S
Net flow = High inflow – High outflow
Highly variable flow structure
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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
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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
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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