Pathways and Water Mass Transformation Along and Across the Mohn-Knipovich Ridge in the Nordic Seas

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Ypma, S.L. (author), Georgiou, S. (author), Dugstad, J.S. (author), Pietrzak, J.D. (author), Katsman, C.A. (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: drifters; Lagrangian methods; Nordic Seas; watermass transformation; Knipovich Ridge; Norway
• Online Access: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:01f13d0c-a43c-48a3-bc2b-964ac01edeb7; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016075

Atlantic Water takes various pathways through the Nordic Seas, and its transformation to denser waters forms a crucial connection to the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Circulation maps often schematize two distinct pathways of Atlantic Water: one following the Norwegi...