Uorway Current 



The Norway Current is formed mainly from the northeast extremity 

 of the North Atlantic Current that flows past the Faeroe Islands, and 

 part of the southeast flow along the northeast coast of Iceland. The 

 Norway Current is somewhat stronger and more persistent than the Worth 

 Atlantic Current; frequency of flow ranges between ^0 and 75 percent of 

 the time, and speeds usually range between O.k and 1.2 knots. Mean 

 speed in the prevailixig northeastward direction is 0.6 knot. 



Little is known of subsurface flow; computed data indicate that 

 speeds throughout the central region of the current do not diminish 

 significantly in the first 100 meters, and that little movement occurs 

 below 150 meters. It is not considered likely that signif leant seasonal 

 variations occior in the deeper parts of the current; the most 

 significant or strongest deep currents probably occur over the northern 

 and southern parts of the Norway continental slope, which are narrowest. 

 The profile in Figure 3 shows a fairly stable flow in the southern 

 part of the current. 



LATITUDE M.O'N. 



LONGITUDE 3.3°E. 



MONTH AUGUST 



DEPTH Of tOnOM AfPROX 800 W 



RELIABILITY GOOD 



METHOD EKMAN MHER 



.,,, \ BOnOM _, 



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HGUIIE 3 NORWAY CURRENT PROFILE 



