Current meter measurements from five moorings in the subpolar North Atlantic east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland ...

• Main Authors: Mertens, Christian, Rhein, Monika, Walter, Maren, Böning, Claus W, Behrens, Erik, Kieke, Dagmar, Steinfeldt, Reiner, Stöber, Uwe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2014
• Subjects: Newfoundland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.864800; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.864800

The southwestern part of the subpolar North Atlantic east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and Flemish Cap is a crucial area for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Here the exchange between subpolar and subtropical gyre takes place, southward flowing cold and fresh water is replaced by northward flowing warm and salty water within the North Atlantic Current (NAC). As part of a long-term experiment, the circulation east of Flemish Cap has been studied by seven repeat hydrographic sections along inline image (2003-2011), a 2 year time series of current velocities at the continental slope (2009-2011), 19 years of sea surface height, and 47 years of output from an eddy resolving ocean circulation model. The structure of the flow field in the measurements and the model shows a deep reaching NAC with adjacent recirculation and two distinct cores of southward flow in the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC): one core above the continental slope with maximum velocities at mid-depth and the second ... : Supplement to: Mertens, Christian; Rhein, Monika; Walter, Maren; Böning, Claus W; Behrens, Erik; Kieke, Dagmar; Steinfeldt, Reiner; Stöber, Uwe (2014): Circulation and transports in the Newfoundland Basin, western subpolar North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(11), 7772-7793 ...