Variability and Processes of the Denmark Strait Overflow

• Main Author: Macrander, Andreas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Faroe Bank; Greenland; Denmark Strait; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7472/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/7472/1/Macrander_Diss.pdf; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00001283

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is considered as an important part of the global climate system. The densest component of the AMOC is the Denmark Strait Overflow Water, entering the deep Atlantic across the sill between Greenland and Iceland. Here, four years of overflow measu...