A direct estimate of poleward volume, heat, and freshwater fluxes at 59.5°N between Greenland and Scotland

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Rossby, T., Reverdin, Gilles, Chafik, Leon, Søiland, Henrik
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2017
• Subjects: currents; freshwater flux; heat flux; MOC; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/2241; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012835

The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) in the North Atlantic plays a major role in the transport of heat from low to high latitudes. In this study, we combine recent measurements of currents from the surface to >700 m from a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler with Argo profiles (to...