Transport of Nordic Seas Overflow Water Into and Within the Irminger Sea: An Eddy-Resolving Simulation and Observations

• Main Authors: Xu, Xiaobiao, Schmitz, W.J., Jr., Hulbert, Harley E., Hogan, Patrick J., Chassignet, Eric P., Van Aken, H.M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Aquila Digital Community 2010
• Subjects: Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Irminger Basin; Irminger Sea; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Reykjanes; West European Basin; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/748; https://aquila.usm.edu/context/fac_pubs/article/1747/viewcontent/Transport_of_Nordic_Seas_Overflow_Water_into_and_W.pdf

Results from a climatologically forced, eddy-resolving (1/12 degrees) Atlantic simulation using the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model help clarify some presently unresolved connections between volume transports of Nordic Seas overflow water at key locations in the northernmost North Atlantic Ocean. The...