Sources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas

Overflow water is an important part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, yet how it reaches the Greenland-Scotland Ridge is not fully known. Here, the authors show that the interior of the Greenland Sea gyre is the primary wintertime source of the densest portion of both Denmark Strai...

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Main Authors: Jie Huang, Robert S. Pickart, Rui Xin Huang, Peigen Lin, Ailin Brakstad, Fanghua Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19050-y