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Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-651-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-651-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 3
Research article
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06 May 2021
Research article |  | 06 May 2021

The mesoscale eddy field in the Lofoten Basin from high-resolution Lagrangian simulations

Johannes S. Dugstad, Pål Erik Isachsen, and Ilker Fer

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We quantify the mesoscale eddy field in the Lofoten Basin using Lagrangian model trajectories and aim to estimate the relative importance of eddies compared to the ambient flow in transporting warm Atlantic Water to the Lofoten Basin as well as modifying it. Water properties are largely changed in eddies compared to the ambient flow. However, only a relatively small fraction of eddies is detected in the basin. The ambient flow therefore dominates the heat transport to the Lofoten Basin.
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