The East Greenland Spill Jet as an important component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Highlights: • Mooring observations show the East Greenland Spill Jet to be ubiquitous. • It is fed by classical DSOW in Denmark Strait, shelf water, and Irminger Sea water. • Its transport is similar to the classical DSOW plume. • It is the origin of a large fraction of the water in the Labrador Sea...
Published in: | Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/25378/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/25378/1/1-s2.0-S0967063714001022-main.pdf https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/25378/2/mmc1.gif https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.06.002 |