Pathways to the Denmark Strait Overflow: A Lagrangian Study in the Iceland Sea

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2019-09
Author
de Jong, Marieke Femke 
Bower, Amy S. 
Søiland, Henrik 
Furey, Heather H. 
Ramsey, Andree L. 
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/24573
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Iceland Sea
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10.26025/1912/24573
Keyword
 RAFOS; trajectory; Iceland Sea; Denmark Strait; East Icelandic Current; gyre circulation; eddy 
Abstract
The goal of this project was to directly measure the dense water pathways upstream of the Denmark Strait in the Iceland Sea and compare the results to existing ideas about the dynamics of the circulation by deploying 45 acoustically tracked RAFOS floats over a two year time period (24-Jul-2013 to 29-May-2015). The floats were ballasted to drift at a target depth of 500m, recording pressure, temperature, and Times Of Arrivals (TOAs) every six hours or every 12 hours.
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Dataset: de Jong, Marieke Femke, Bower, Amy S., Søiland, Henrik, Furey, Heather H., Ramsey, Andree L., "Pathways to the Denmark Strait Overflow: A Lagrangian Study in the Iceland Sea", 2019-09, DOI:10.26025/1912/24573, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/24573