Recent large increases in freshwater fluxes from Greenland into the North Atlantic

• Main Authors: Bamber, J, Van Den Broeke, M, Ettema, J, Lenaerts, J, Rignot, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2012
• Subjects: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Irminger Basin; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3dk1v8sz

Freshwater (FW) fluxes from river runoff and precipitation minus evaporation for the pan Arctic seas are relatively well documented and prescribed in ocean GCMs. Fluxes from Greenland on the other hand are generally ignored altogether, despite their potential impacts on ocean circulation and marine...