The downward spiralling nature of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

By tracing northward flowing Atlantic water, here the authors show that before this water leaves the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre and continues northwards, most of it circulates around the gyre while becoming denser through mixing.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Sara Berglund, Kristofer Döös, Sjoerd Groeskamp, Trevor J. McDougall
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Science
Q
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29607-8
https://doaj.org/article/7fbbdae968314b678a384a1e6b08a0fa
Description
Summary:By tracing northward flowing Atlantic water, here the authors show that before this water leaves the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre and continues northwards, most of it circulates around the gyre while becoming denser through mixing.

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