The Deep Western Boundary Current dynamics in North Atlantic and its impact on the mean meridional overturning circulation

• Main Author: Talandier, Claude
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bretagne occidentale - Brest, Anne-Marie Treguier, Julie Deshayes
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: North Atlantic; Subpolar gyre; DWBC; AMOC; Ocean modelling; Atlantique Nord; Gyre subpolaire; Modélisation numérique de l'océan; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Erna; Orca; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01252595; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01252595v2/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01252595v2/file/These-2015-EDSM-Oceanographie_physique-TALANDIER_Claude.pdf

The present study tackles the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) dynamics in the North Atlantic basin as its impact on the AMOC. The DWBC advects dense water masses equatorward, produced in the subpolar gyre, and is one of the major component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMO...