Transport of volume, heat, and salt towards the Arctic in the Faroe Current 1993–2013

Hansen, B.; Larsen, K. M. H.; Hátún, H.; Kristiansen, R.; Mortensen, E.; Østerhus, S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-743-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-743-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-743-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 5

Research article

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22 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 22 Sep 2015

Transport of volume, heat, and salt towards the Arctic in the Faroe Current 1993–2013

B. Hansen, K. M. H. Larsen, H. Hátún, R. Kristiansen, E. Mortensen, and S. Østerhus

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RC C376: 'Review os-2015-25', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jul 2015
- AC C629: 'Author response to Referee 1', Bogi Hansen, 29 Aug 2015
RC C451: 'Review comments on "Increasing transports of volume, heat, and salt towards the Arctic in the Faroe Current 1993-2013" by B. Hansen et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Jul 2015
- AC C634: 'Authors response to Referee 2', Bogi Hansen, 29 Aug 2015
RC C470: 'Review of os-2015-25', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Jul 2015
- AC C640: 'Authors response to Referee 3', Bogi Hansen, 29 Aug 2015

Short summary

The Faroe Current is the main ocean current transporting warm Atlantic water into the Arctic region and an important transporter of heat towards the Arctic. This study documents observed transport variations over two decades, from 1993 to 2013. It shows that the volume transport of Atlantic water in this current increased by 9% over the period, whereas the heat transport increased by 18%. This increase will have contributed to the observed warming and sea ice decline in the Arctic.