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PT J
TI On the Cascading of Dense Shelf Waters in the Irminger Sea
BT 
AF FALINA, Anastasia
   SARAFANOV, Artem
   MERCIER, Herle
   LHERMINIER, Pascale
   SOKOV, Alexey
   DANIAULT, Nathalie
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:3;5:1;6:4;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-ODE-LPO;5:;6:;
C1 PP Shirshov Oceanol Inst, Moscow 117997, Russia.
   CNRS, Lab Phys Oceans, Plouzane, France.
   Ifremer, Lab Phys Oceans, Plouzane, France.
   UBO, Lab Phys Oceans, Brest, France.
C2 PP SHIRSHOV OCEANOL INST, RUSSIA
   CNRS, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UBO, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-LPO
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 3.18
TC 31
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00130/24160/22255.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR OVIDE 1
   OVIDE 2
   OVIDE 3
   OVIDE 4
BO Thalassa
   Maria S. Merian
AB Hydrographic data collected in the Irminger Sea in the 1990s-2000s indicate that dense shelf waters carried by the East Greenland Current south of the Denmark Strait intermittently descend (cascade) down the continental slope and merge with the deep waters originating from the Nordic Seas overflows. Repeat measurements on the East Greenland shelf at similar to 200 km south of the Denmark Strait (65 degrees-66 degrees N) reveal that East Greenland shelf waters in the Irminger Sea are occasionally as dense (sigma(0) > 27.80) as the overflow-derived deep waters carried by the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC). Clear hydrographic traces of upstream cascading of dense shelf waters are found over the continental slope at 64.3 degrees N, where the densest plumes (sigma(0) > 27.80) originating from the shelf are identified as distinct low-salinity anomalies in the DWBC. Downstream observations suggest that dense fresh waters descending from the shelf in the northern Irminger Sea can be distinguished in the DWBC up to the latitude of Cape Farewell (similar to 60 degrees N) and that these waters make a significant contribution to the DWBC transport.
PY 2012
PD DEC
SO Journal Of Physical Oceanography
SN 0022-3670
PU Amer Meteorological Soc
VL 42
IS 12
UT 000313054800011
BP 2254
EP 2267
DI 10.1175/JPO-D-12-012.1
ID 24160
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