The East Greenland Spill Jet*

• Main Authors: Robert S. Pickart, Daniel J. Torres, Paula, S. Fratantoni, Woods Hole
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Tilting; Denmark Strait; East Greenland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.532.6134; http://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/pfratantoni/2006/10/Pickart_JPO2006_14591.pdf

High-resolution hydrographic and velocity measurements across the East Greenland shelf break south of Denmark Strait have revealed an intense, narrow current banked against the upper continental slope. This is believed to be the result of dense water cascading over the shelf edge and entraining ambi...