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In the bottom layer at station (11.3) and (12,3) the
pvds of the southern (deep) triangle show a flow pa-
rallel to the isobaths, which together with the hydro-
graphic data could be an indication of an overflow-
like situation, Especially at station (11) the record
(11,3) at 505 m depth shows a current setting WSW and
the record (11,1) at 130 m depth indicates an ENE-
setting current. The records in the intermediate and
upper layers show diverging directions which might be
interpreted by a frontal zone or eddylike phenomenon
drifting to the NE through the array,
For the northern (shelf) triangle the pvds show a
certain similarity for stations (22) and (23) with the
stations (11) and (12) close to the shelf edge of the
deep triangle, Again the main direction of the flow is
parallel to the geographical alignment of the shelf
edge, The current at station (21) shows a very differ-
ent behaviour, setting, with numerous directional chan-
ges, to the NW, At this mooring the hydrographic data
indicate the presence of the East Iceland Current, So
a frontal zone between cold waters of the East Iceland
Current and the warmer waters of the Atlantic seems to
be relatively stationary within the three moorings of
the northern (shelf) triangle.
5, Spectra
Besides the peaks of the semi-diurnal and diurnal ti=-
des we find the inertial period of 13,3 hrs in all
current spectra of sufficient length, There are very
persistent peaks at periods around 50 hrs and in the
100-120 hrs range, Meteorological phenomena and non-
linear interactions between existing periods could
possibly explain these periods, The spectra of the Ki-
netic energy for both triangles show a „27/3 slope in
the inertial subrange. In the lower frequency range
we find a conspicuous contribution of kinetic energy