Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current along the Lofoten Escarpment

Fer, Ilker; Bosse, Anthony; Dugstad, Johannes

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-685-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-685-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-685-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 3

Research article

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04 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2020

Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current along the Lofoten Escarpment

Ilker Fer, Anthony Bosse, and Johannes Dugstad

Data sets

Physical oceanography data from moorings in the Lofoten Basin, Norwegian Sea: June 2016 - September 2017 I. Fer https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-1664980441

Hydrography of the Nordic Seas, 2000–2017: A merged product A. Bosse and I. Fer https://doi.org/10.21335/NMDC-1131411242

Short summary

We analyzed 14-month-long observations from moored instruments to describe the average features and the variability of the Norwegian Atlantic Slope Current at the Lofoten Escarpment (13°E, 69°N). The slope current varies strongly with depth and in time. Pulses of strong current occur, lasting for 1 to 2 weeks, and extend as deep as 600 m. The average volume transport is 2 x 10⁶ m³ s^-1.