Water mass transformations in the Mediterranean outflow water

• Main Authors: Gasser, Marc, Pelegrí Llopart, Josep Luis, Bruno, Miguel, Chioua, Jamal, Emelianov, Mikhail, Machín Jiménez, Francisco José, Rodríguez Santana, Ángel
• Other Authors: BU-BAS
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 251006 Procesos del fondo marino; 2510 Oceanografía; Nash; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/114717

The start of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation takes place at high latitudes in the North Atlantic Ocean, through the deep convection of surface waters. For these surface waters to reach the deep ocean it is necessary that the upper and intermediate waters be sufficiently salty, i.e. p...