A Lagrangian Study of the Iceland-Faroe Front, a Major Link Between the North Atlantic and Nordic Seas

0137037 Rossby这是与挪威卑尔根的Bjerknes气候研究中心合作的成果，旨在研究冰岛-法罗群岛锋（IFF）的形成和结构及其向挪威海的延伸。这个锋面描绘了冰岛北部和东部寒冷的北极沃茨与东北大西洋温暖的沃茨之间的边界。它也是向北欧海输送温暖盐水的主要供应路线。将使用总共60个定深RAFOS浮标对暖水沿着森林论坛流入挪威海的情况进行拉格朗日研究。这些将从冰岛和法罗群岛的研究船依次部署在冰岛-法罗海脊的南部入口处，以确定温暖的沃茨来自何处，并继续向北穿过海脊，通过IFF进入挪威海。挪威的合作伙伴将研究北极中间沃茨的扩散，这是一个不断扩大的水团，似乎正在取代挪威深水沃茨，这些水域溢出到大西洋东北部。这些观测结果将一起用于详细的研究和综合的流通，他们也将是非常有价值的北欧海洋环流的许多模拟研究。

0137037 RossbyThis is a cooperative effort with the Bjerknes Center for Climate Research in Bergen, Norway to study the formation and structure of the Iceland-Faroes Front (IFF) and its continuation into the Norwegian Sea. This front delineates the boundary between the cold Arctic waters north and east of Iceland and the warm waters of the NE Atlantic. It is also a major supply route of warm saline water to the Nordic Seas. A Lagrangian study of the inflow of warm water along the IFF into the Norwegian Sea will be conducted using a total of 60 constant depth RAFOS floats. These will be deployed sequentially from Icelandic and Faroese research vessels at the southern entrance to the Iceland-Faroe ridge to determine from where the warm waters come, and continue their transit north across the ridge and beyond into the Norwegian Sea via the IFF. The Norwegian partners will study the spreading of the Arctic Intermediate Waters, an expanding water mass that appears to be displacing the Norwegian Deep Waters that overflow into the northeast Atlantic. The observations will be used together for detailed studies and syntheses of the circulation, and they will also be immensely valuable for the many modeling studies of the Nordic Seas circulation.