Retroflection of part of the east Greenland current at Cape Farewell

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Holliday, NP, Meyer, A, Bacon, S, Alderson, SG, de Cuevas, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Geophysical Union 2007
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Greenland; Irminger Basin; Cape Farewell; East Greenland; east greenland current; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL029085; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/125319

The east Greenland current (EGC) and the smaller eastGreenland coastal current (EGCC) provide the majorconduit for cold fresh polar water to enter the lowerlatitudes of the North Atlantic. They flow equatorwardthrough the western Irminger Basin and around CapeFarewell into the Labrador Sea. The surf...