q 1998 American Meteorological Society Mesoscale Variability in Denmark Strait: The PV Outflow Hypothesis*

• Main Authors: Michael A. Spall, James, F. Price
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Faroe Bank; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; east greenland current
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.541.6618; http://www.whoi.edu/science/PO/people/mspall/pdfs/spall_denmark_jpo1998.pdf

The outflow through Denmark Strait shows remarkable mesoscale variability characterized by the continuous formation of intense mesoscale cyclones just south of the sill. These cyclones have a diameter of about 30 km and clear signatures at the sea surface and in currents measured near the bottom. Th...