Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation

F Li, MS Lozier, S Bacon, AS Bower… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which have the
potential to drive societally-important climate impacts, have traditionally been linked to the …

Variability of eddy formation off the west Greenland coast from a 1/60 model

R Gou, P Li, KN Wiegand, C Pennelly… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Eddies generated off the west Greenland coast modulate the deep convection in the
Labrador Sea, while there are still open questions related to their formation mechanisms …

Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic

MS Lozier, AS Bower, HH Furey, KL Drouin, X Xu… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
As part of the international Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP),
135 acoustically-tracked deep floats were deployed to track the spreading pathways of …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen export to the deep ocean following Labrador Sea Water formation

J Koelling, D Atamanchuk, J Karstensen… - …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Abstract The Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean is one of the few regions globally
where oxygen from the atmosphere can reach the deep ocean directly. This is the result of …

Fresh water and atmospheric cooling control on density-compensated overturning in the Labrador Sea

Y Bebieva, MS Lozier - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
As they rim the basin from the southern tip of Greenland to the southern Labrador coast, the
waters in the Labrador Sea boundary current undergo a significant transformation in salinity …

Observation-based estimates of heat and freshwater exchanges from the subtropical North Atlantic to the Arctic

F Li, MS Lozier, NP Holliday, WE Johns… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Continuous measurements from the OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic
Program) array yield the first estimates of trans-basin heat and salinity transports in the …

The changing behavior of the West Greenland Current system in a very high‐resolution model

R Gou, C Pennelly, PG Myers - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analyzing a high‐resolution (1/60°) numerical model over 2008–2018, the inter‐
annual variability of the West Greenland Coastal Current (WGCC) on the shelf and West …

Meanders of the west Greenland current near cape farewell

A Pacini, RS Pickart - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The cyclonic boundary current that circumnavigates the Labrador Sea plays an important
role in modulating the strength of wintertime convection in the interior basin, as well as …

Seasonal overturning variability in the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre: a Lagrangian perspective

OJ Tooth, HL Johnson, C Wilson, DG Evans - Ocean Science, 2023 - os.copernicus.org
Both observations and ocean reanalyses show a pronounced seasonality in the strength of
the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) within the eastern North Atlantic …

Deep through-flow in the Bight Fracture Zone

T Petit, V Thierry, H Mercier - Ocean Science, 2022 - os.copernicus.org
Abstract Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water (ISOW) is exported from the Nordic Seas into the
Iceland Basin to feed the lower limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. The Bight …