Interannual to decadal variability of outflow from the Labrador Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Fischer, Jürgen, Visbeck, Martin, Zantopp, Rainer J., Nunes, Nuno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2010
• Subjects: Labrador Shelf; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10063/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10063/3/grl27565.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045321

A decade of weak convection in the Labrador Sea associated with decreasing water mass transformation, in combination with advective and eddy fluxes into the convection area, caused significant warming of the deep waters in both the central Labrador Sea and boundary current system along the Labrador...