Variability of the Denmark Strait overflow: Moored time series from 1996–2011

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Jochumsen, Kerstin, Quadfasel, Detlef, Valdimarsson, Heðinn, Jónsson, Steingrímur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2012
• Subjects: Curl; Denmark Strait; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29800/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29800/1/Jochumsen.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008244

The Denmark Strait overflow provides about half of the total dense water overflow from the Nordic Seas into the North Atlantic Ocean. The velocity of the overflow has been monitored in the Strait with two moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers since 1996 with several interruptions due to mooring...