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

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 5389
• Main Authors: Huang, Jie, Pickart, Robert S., Huang, Rui Xin, Lin, Peigen, Brakstad, Ailin, Xu, Fanghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.10.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/829; 704/829/2737; Humanities and Social Sciences; Laboratories; Mathematical analysis; multidisciplinary; Overflow; Salinity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Straits; Ventilation; Water circulation; Scotland; Greenland Sea; Nordic Seas; United Kingdom > UK; Denmark Strait; Greenland

Overflow water from the Nordic Seas comprises the deepest limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, yet questions remain as to where it is ventilated and how it reaches the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. Here we use historical hydrographic data from 2005-2015, together with satellite altim...