The development of the Western Boundary Undercurrent (WBUC) in a changing climate since the beginning of the Miocene

• Main Authors: Mueller-Michaelis, Antje, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Alvarez; Baffin Bay; Fairbanks; Greenland; Imbert; Malone; Mueller; Norwegian Sea; Rockall Trough; Baffin; Denmark Strait; Greenland Sea; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; Labrador Sea; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; North atlantic Thermohaline circulation; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/32221/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.40856

The present deep Western Boundary Undercurrent (WBUC) at the Eirik Drift off the southern tip of Greenland is mainly fed by the overflows over the Greenland-Scotland ridge (GSR), the Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) and Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water (ISOW), respectively (Fig. 1). Interactions...