Mixing and air–sea buoyancy fluxes set the time-mean overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic and Nordic Seas

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: D. G. Evans, N. P. Holliday, S. Bacon, I. Le Bras
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland; NADW; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-745-2023; https://doaj.org/article/b9a9cf58f31646929c6d36608368a021

The overturning streamfunction as measured at the OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program) mooring array represents the transformation of warm, salty Atlantic Water into cold, fresh North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The magnitude of the overturning at the OSNAP array can therefore...