The Coldest and Densest Overflow Branch Into the North Atlantic is Stable in Transport, But Warming

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Larsen, Karin Margretha Húsgarð, Hansen, Bogi, Hátún, Egil Hjálmar, Johansen, Guðrið Eriksdóttir, Østerhus, Svein, Olsen, Steffen Malskær
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Greenland; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3151641; https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110097

The overflow of cold water through the Faroe Bank Channel (FBC) is the densest water crossing the Greenland-Scotland Ridge and the densest source for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Here, we show that the overflow volume transport remained stable from 1996 to 2022, but that t...