Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3206606m&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 6, CiteID L06606
Physics
33
Oceanography: General: Arctic And Antarctic Oceanography (9310, 9315), Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: General: Climate And Interannual Variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 3309, 4513), Oceanography: Physical: General Circulation (1218, 1222), Atmospheric Processes: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504)
Scientific paper
The global thermohaline circulation is an important part of Earth's climate system. Cold, dense water formed in the Nordic Seas enters the Atlantic Ocean as overflows across the sills of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge. The Denmark Strait Overflow (DSO) is one of the main sources of North Atlantic Deep Water. Until now the DSO has been believed to be stable on interannual timescales. Here, for the first time, evidence is presented from a 4-year program of observations showing that overflow transports in 1999/2000 were approximately 30% higher than previous estimates. Later, transports decreased remarkably during the observation period, coincident with a temporary temperature increase of about 0.5°C.
Jónsson Sigurjón
Käse Rolf H.
Macrander Albert
Send Uwe
Valdimarsson Hedinn
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