On the Cascading of Dense Shelf Waters in the Irminger Sea

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Falina, Anastasia, Sarafanov, Artem, Mercier, Herle, Lherminier, Pascale, Sokov, Alexey, Daniault, Nathalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2012
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Cape Farewell; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; east greenland current; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00130/24160/22255.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-012.1; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00130/24160/

Hydrographic data collected in the Irminger Sea in the 1990s-2000s indicate that dense shelf waters carried by the East Greenland Current south of the Denmark Strait intermittently descend (cascade) down the continental slope and merge with the deep waters originating from the Nordic Seas overflows....