feeding the Atlantic conveyor

• Main Authors: The Greenl, The Overflows, Tor Eldevik, Jan Even, Ø. Nilsen, Doroteaciro Iovino, Anders Olsson, Anne Britt S
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Greenland; Schott; Greenland Sea; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.565.2731

to be submitted to Nature The warm Atlantic inflow to the Nordic Seas is essential for the temperate climate of northwestern Europe (Drange et al. 2005). It is totally transformed as it gives up its excess heat to the atmosphere north of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge (Mauritzen 1996a). The northern o...