Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride

Kristina Anders Olsson; Emil Jeansson; Leif G. Anderson; Bogi Hansen; Tor Eldevik; Regin Kristiansen; Marie-José Messias; Truls Johannesen; Andrew J. Watson

doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.009

Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride

Kristina Anders Olsson, Emil Jeansson, Leif G. Anderson, Bogi Hansen, Tor Eldevik, Regin Kristiansen, Marie-José Messias, Truls Johannesen, Andrew J. Watson

Havstovan - Faroe Marine Research Institute

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Abstract

The Faroe Bank Channel is the deepest passage for dense water leaving the Nordic Seas into the North Atlantic. The contribution to this part of the Greenland-Scotland Overflow by intermediate water from the Greenland Sea is investigated by the tracer sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) that was released into the central Greenland Sea in summer 1996. Continuous monitoring has since traced it around the Nordic Seas and into the connecting areas. It was observed for the first time close to the Faroe Islands in early 1999, indicating a transport time from the Greenland Sea of around 2.5 years. This study estimates that approximately 16 kg of SF6 had passed the Faroe Bank Channel by the end of 2002, that is 5% of the total amount released. Both the arrival time and the amount of exported SF6 deduced from the observations are consistent with the results from a numerical ocean model simulating the tracer release and spreading.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-294
Number of pages	16
Journal	Deep sea research part 1: oceanographic research papers
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.009
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2005

Keywords

Tracers
Overflow
Intermediate water masses
Thermohaline circulation
Sulphur hexafluoride
Nordic Seas
Greenland Sea
Faroe Bank Channel

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Olsson, K. A., Jeansson, E., Anderson, L. G., Hansen, B., Eldevik, T., Kristiansen, R., Messias, M.-J., Johannesen, T., & Watson, A. J. (2005). Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride. Deep sea research part 1: oceanographic research papers, 52(2), 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2004.09.009

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Intermediate water from the Greenland Sea in the Faroe Bank Channel: spreading of released sulphur hexafluoride

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