| Three hydrographic sections made during RRS Discovery cruise 242, from 7 September to 6 October 1999, are used to study the Faroe Bank Channel overflow. Each section, made perpendicular to the plume direction, comprised 10-14 stations measuring the outflow properties and velocity. The overflow defined as water with potential temperatures below 3 degreesC has densities greater than 28.1 kg m(-3), salinities between 34.9 and 35.1, with velocities as high as 80 cm s(-1) approximately 20 km downstream from the sill. We use these measurements to describe the characteristics of the outflow and to estimate the amount of friction and mixing as the plume travels along the continental slope into the Iceland Basin. From Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler... |
