Climate impacts of parameterized Nordic Sea overflows

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Other Authors: Danabasoglu, Gokhan (author), Large, William (author), Briegleb, Bruce (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Faroe Bank; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Denmark Strait; Nordic Sea; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-003-714; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006243

A new overflow parameterization (OFP) of density-driven flows through ocean ridges via narrow, unresolved channels has been developed and implemented in the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model version 4. It represents exchanges from the Nordic Seas and the Antarctic shelves, associ...