ALONG-STREAM AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN THE WEST GREENLAND CURRENT SYSTEM

• Main Author: Thomas, Emma Jane
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2019
• Subjects: Eirik Ridge; Greenland; Irminger Sea; Cape Farewell; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/1486; https://doi.org/10.23860/thesis-thomas-emma-2019; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/theses/article/2459/viewcontent/Thomas_uri_0186M_12244.pdf

The West Greenland Current System (WGCS) is a narrow boundary current which en- ters the Labrador Sea from the southeast and flows northward along the west Greenland coast. As part of the cyclonic circulation within the basin, it has recently received atten- tion due to its contribution to Labrador...