Water mass transformation in the Iceland Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Kjetil Våge, G.W.K. Moore, Steingrímur Jónsson, Héðinn Valdimarsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Iceland Sea; Open-ocean convection; North Icelandic Jet; Denmark Strait Overflow Water; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Cold air outbreak; Greenland; Curl; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Denmark Strait; Greenland-Scotland Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.04.001

The water mass transformation that takes place in the Iceland Sea during winter is investigated using historical hydrographic data and atmospheric reanalysis fields. Surface densities exceeding σθ=27.8kg/m3, and hence of sufficient density to contribute to the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional O...