A Greenland Sea perspective on the dynamics of postconvective eddies

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Oliver, K.I.C., Eldevik, T., Stevens, D.P., Watson, A.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Greenland; Greenland Fracture Zone; Greenland Sea
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/68797/; http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2008JPO3844.1

Open ocean deep convection contributes to the formation of the dense waters that fill the global deep ocean. The dynamics of post–convective vortices are key to understanding the role of convection in ocean circulation. Submesoscale coherent vortices (SCVs) observed in convective regions are likely...