Decreasing intensity of open-ocean convection in the Greenland and Iceland seas

G. W. K. Moore (), K. Våge, R. S. Pickart and I. A. Renfrew
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G. W. K. Moore: University of Toronto
K. Våge: Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
R. S. Pickart: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
I. A. Renfrew: Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 9, 877-882

Abstract: A combination of retreating sea ice and different rates of warming in the Greenland and Iceland seas is reducing winter air–sea heat fluxes. These fluxes drive ocean convection and are projected to decrease further.

Date: 2015
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