The Irminger Gyre as a key driver of the subpolar North Atlantic overturning

The lower limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is the equatorward flow of dense waters formed through the cooling and freshening of the poleward-flowing upper limb. In the subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA), upper limb variability is primarily set by the North Atlantic Current,...

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Main Authors: Sanchez‐Franks, A, Holliday, NP, Evans, DG, Fried, N, Tooth, O, Chafik, L, Fu, Y, Li, F, de Jong, MF, Johnson, HL
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024