Direct and Indirect Pathways of Convected Water Masses and Their impacts on the Overturning Dynamics of the Labrador Sea

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Georgiou, Sotiria, Ypma, Stefanie L., Brüggemann, Nils, Sayol, Juan Manuel, van der Boog, Carine G., Spence, Paul, Pietrzak, Julie D., Katsman, Caroline A.
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Geodesia por Satélites para la Observación de la Tierra y el Cambio Climático / Satellite Geodesy for Earth Observation and Climate Studies (SG)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Convected water masses; Overturning dynamics; Labrador Sea; Matemática Aplicada; Greenland; Spence; Cape Farewell
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/112191; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016654

The dense waters formed by wintertime convection in the Labrador Sea play a key role in setting the properties of the deep Atlantic Ocean. To understand how variability in their production might affect the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) variability, it is essential to determine p...