Water mass modification of the warm Atlantic Inflow towards the Arctic across the Iceland-Faroe Ridge

Eriksdóttir, Guðrið; Hansen, Bogi; Larsen, Karin Margretha H.; Olsen, Steffen M.; Gierisch, Andrea M. U.; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig Rósa

doi:10.5194/os-22-2405-2026

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12 Aug 2026

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Water mass modification of the warm Atlantic Inflow towards the Arctic across the Iceland-Faroe Ridge

Guðrið Eriksdóttir, Bogi Hansen, Karin Margretha H. Larsen, Steffen M. Olsen, Andrea M. U. Gierisch, and Sólveig Rósa Ólafsdóttir

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