Variability and prcesses of the Denmark Strait overflow

• Main Author: Macrander, Andreas
• Other Authors: Käse, Rolf H., Visbeck, Martin
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: ddc:550; thesis; Meridional Overturning Circulation; Denmark Strait Overflow; interannual fluctuations; hydraulic control; wind stress; North Atl; Greenland; Faroe Bank; Denmark Strait; Iceland; Nordic Seas; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:8-diss-12832; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00001283; https://macau.uni-kiel.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dissertation_derivate_00001283/d1283.pdf

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is considered as an important part of the global climate system. The densest component of the AMOC is the Denmark Strait Overflow Water, entering the deep Atlantic across the sill between Greenland and Iceland. Here, four years of overflow measu...