Structure, transports and transformations of the water masses in the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre

• Published in: Progress in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Garcia-ibanez, Maribel I., Pardo, Paula C., Carracedo, Lidia, Mercier, Herle, Lherminier, Pascale, Rios, Aida F., Perez, Fiz F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Irminger Basin; Reykjanes; Iceland; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00268/37968/36867.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.03.009; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00268/37968/

We discuss the distributions and transports of the main water masses in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre (NASPG) for the mean of the period 2002–2010 (OVIDE sections 2002–2010 every other year), as well as the inter-annual variability of the water mass structure from 1997 (4x and METEOR sections) to...