The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and the subpolar gyre observed at the A25-OVIDE section in June 2002 and 2004

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Lherminier, Pascale, Mercier, Herlé, Huck, Thierry, Gourcuff, Claire, Perez, Fiz F., Morin, Pascal, Sarafanov, Artem, Falina, Anastasia
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de physique des océans (LPO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas España = Spanish National Research Council Spain (CSIC), Adaptation et diversité en milieu marin (AD2M), Station biologique de Roscoff Roscoff (SBR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO), Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow (RAS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: North Atlantic; Subpolar gyre; Meridional Overturning Circulation; OVIDE; Hydrology; ADCP; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; East Greenland; Greenland; Iceland; north atlantic current
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00581670; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.07.009

International audience The horizontal circulation of the subpolar gyre and the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) are investigated here by comparing two snapshots of the North Atlantic as delivered by two hydrographic sections between Greenland and Portugal. The corresponding cruises were carr...