Surprisingly rapid spreading of newly formed intermediate waters across the North Atlantic Ocean

Alexander Sy, Monika Rhein, John R. N. Lazier, Klaus Peter Koltermann, Jens Meincke, Alfred Putzka and Manfred Bersch
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Alexander Sy: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie
Monika Rhein: Institut für Meereskunde an der Universität Kiel
John R. N. Lazier: Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Klaus Peter Koltermann: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie
Jens Meincke: Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg
Alfred Putzka: Universität Bremen
Manfred Bersch: Institut für Meereskunde der Universität Hamburg

Nature, 1997, vol. 386, issue 6626, 675-679

Abstract: Abstract Ocean temperature, salinity and chlorofluorocarbon concentration data are used to track the recent spreading of cold intermediate-depth water masses from the Labrador Sea across the northern North Atlantic Ocean. These water masses, which are formed from surface waters by deep convection in the Labrador Sea, spread three to four times faster than previously estimated, with associated consequences for the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation.

Date: 1997
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