Composition of freshwater in the spring of 2014 on the southern Labrador shelf and slope

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Benetti, M., Reverdin, G., Lique, C., Yashayaev, I., Holliday, N.P., Tynan, E., Torres-valdes, S., Lherminier, P., Tréguer, P., Sarthou, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Pacific; Labrador Shelf; Baffin; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516191/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516191/1/Benetti_et_al-2017-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012244

The Labrador Current is an important conduit of freshwater from the Arctic to the interior North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Here we investigate the spatial variability of the freshwater sources over the southern Labrador shelf and slope during May–June 2014. Using measurements of seawater properties su...