A multi-decadal meridional displacement of the Subpolar Front in the Newfoundland Basin

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: I. Núñez-Riboni, M. Bersch, H. Haak, J. H. Jungclaus, K. Lohmann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: envir; geo; Curl; Newfoundland; Labrador Sea; north atlantic current; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-91-2012; http://www.ocean-sci.net/8/91/2012/os-8-91-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/fb74c03ed4e04767adb9a1b5d50c8183

Observations since the 1950s show a multi-decadal cycle of a meridional displacement of the Subpolar Front (SPF) in the Newfoundland Basin (NFB) in the North Atlantic. The SPF displacement is associated with corresponding variations in the path of the North Atlantic Current. We use the ocean general...