Extreme High Greenland Blocking Index Leads to the Reversal of Davis and Nares Strait Net Transport Toward the Arctic Ocean

• Main Authors: Myers, Paul G., de al Guardia, Laura Castro, Fu, Chuanshuai, Gillard, Laura C., Grivault, Nathan, Hu, Xianmin, Lee, Craig M., Moore, G. W. K., Pennelly, Clark, Ribergaard, Mads Hvid, Romanski, Joy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Davis Strait; Baffin Bay; Labrador Sea; Ekman transport; Ocean-cryospheric interactions; Heat transport; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Nares; Baffin; Ice Sheet; Nares strait; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/fba92883-c1b4-4b4a-8f29-78be8b431b83; https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-bgnw-6p03

Baffin Bay exports Arctic Water to the North Atlantic while receiving northward flowing Atlantic Water. Warm Atlantic Water has impacted the retreat of tidewater glaciers draining the Greenland Ice Sheet. Periods of enhanced Atlantic Water transport into Baffin Bay have been observed, but the oceani...