Cessation and partial reversal of deep water freshening in the northern North Atlantic: observation-based estimates and attribution

• Published in: Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Sarafanov, Artem, Mercier, Herle, Falina, Anastasia, Sokov, Alexey, Lherminier, Pascale
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley / Blackwell 2010
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Denmark Strait; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2010/publication-7325.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2009.00418.x; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/7325/

Recent decadal salinity changes in the Greenland-Scotland overflow-derived deep waters are quantified using CTD data from repeated hydrographic sections in the Irminger Sea. The Denmark Strait Overflow Water salinity record shows the absence of any net change over the 1980s-2000s; changes in the Ice...