The East Greenland Spill Jet as an important component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: von Appen, Wilken-Jon, Koszalka, Inga Monika, Pickart, Robert S., Haine, Thomas W.N., Mastropole, Dana, Magaldi, Marcello G., Valdimarsson, Héðinn, Girton, James, Jochumsen, Kerstin, Krahmann, Gerd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; Labrador Sea
• 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

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...