Sources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Huang, Jie, Pickart, Robert S., Huang, Rui Xin, Lin, Peigen, Brakstad, Ailin, Xu, Fanghua
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2020
• Subjects: Oseanografi; Oceanography; VDP::Oseanografi: 452; VDP::Oceanography: 452; Faroe Bank; Greenland; Denmark Strait; Greenland Sea; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Nordic Seas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2766184; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19050-y

Overflow water from the Nordic Seas comprises the deepest limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, yet questions remain as to where it is ventilated and how it reaches the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Here we use historical hydrographic data from 2005-2015, together with satellite altim...