Coupling of eastern and western subpolar North Atlantic: salt transport in the Irminger Current

• Main Authors: Born, Andreas, Stocker, Thomas, Sandø, A. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2013
• Subjects: 530 Physics; 550 Earth sciences & geology; Irminger Basin; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/57889/1/osd-10-555-2013.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/57889/

Salt transport in the Irminger Current and thus the coupling between eastern and western subpolar North Atlantic plays an important role for climate variability across a wide range of time scales. High-resolution ocean modeling and observations indicate that 5 salinities in the eastern subpolar Nort...