Deep convection in the Irminger Sea observed with a dense mooring array

• Published in: Oceanography
• Main Authors: de Jong, M. Femke, Oltmanns, Marilena, Karstensen, Johannes, de Steur, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525942/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525942/1/31-1_de_jong.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.109

Deep convection is a key process in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but because it acts at small scales, it remains poorly resolved by climate models. The occurrence of deep convection depends on weak initial stratification and strong surface buoyancy forcing, conditions that are sa...