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 …

Extreme wind events responsible for an outsized role in shelf-basin exchange around the southern tip of Greenland

A Coquereau, NP Foukal, K Våge - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The coastal circulation around Southern Greenland transports fresh, buoyant water masses
from the Arctic and Greenland Ice Sheet near regions of convection, sinking, and deep-water …

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 …

Deep ocean circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic observed by acoustically-tracked floats

S Zou, AS Bower, MS Lozier, HH Furey - Progress in Oceanography, 2023 - Elsevier
The deep circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic determines the spread and mixing of high
latitude climate signals to lower latitudes. However, our current understanding of the …

Wind‐Forced Upwelling Along the West Greenland Shelfbreak: Implications for Labrador Sea Water Formation

A Pacini, RS Pickart - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic‐origin and Greenland meltwaters circulate cyclonically in the boundary current system
encircling the Labrador Sea. The ability of this freshwater to penetrate the interior basin has …

Emerging influence of enhanced Greenland melting on boundary currents and deep convection regimes in the Labrador and Irminger Seas

I Schiller‐Weiss, T Martin… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater input from Greenland ice sheet melt has been increasing in the past decades
from warming temperatures. To identify the impacts from enhanced meltwater input into the …

[HTML][HTML] Observed deep cyclonic eddies around Southern Greenland

S Zou, AS Bower, H Furey, RS Pickart… - Journal of Physical …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Recent mooring measurements from the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program
have revealed abundant cyclonic eddies at both sides of Cape Farewell, the southern tip of …

Overflow waters in the western Irminger Sea modify deep sound speed structure and convergence zone propagation

ESC Bhatt, AB Baggeroer, RA Weller - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Deep sound speed structure in the western Irminger Sea is found to be highly dynamic in
comparison to the adiabatic (uniform) sound speed gradient underpinning data assimilation …

Moored Observations of the West Greenland Coastal Current along the Southwest Greenland Shelf

NP Foukal, RS Pickart - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present the first continuous mooring records of the West Greenland Coastal Current
(WGCC), a conduit of fresh, buoyant outflow from the Arctic Ocean and the Greenland Ice …