Formation of Denmark Strait overflow water and its hydro-chemical composition

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Tanhua, Toste, Olsson, K. Anders, Jeansson, Emil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Irminger Basin; Denmark Strait; East Greenland; east greenland current; Iceland; Labrador Sea; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8534/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/8534/1/tanhua.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.05.003

The dense overflow across the Denmark Strait is investigated with hydrographic and hydro-chemical data and the water mass composition of the Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is determined by multivariate analysis. Hydrographical properties, the transient tracers CFC-11 and CFC-12, oxygen and nut...