Abstract: Stommel and coworkers calculated the stationary, geostrophic circulation in the abyssal ocean driven by prescribed sources (representing convective downwelling sites) and sinks (slow, widespread upwelling through the ...

Abstract: rom 1969 to 1971 convection in the Labrador Sea shut down, thus interrupting the formation of the intermediate/dense water masses. The shutdown has been attributed to the surface freshening induced by the Great Salinity ...

Abstract: estratification after deep convection is one of the key factors in determining the temporal variability of dense water formation in the Labrador Sea. In the subsurface, it is primarily governed by lateral buoyancy fluxes ...

Abstract: Recent modeling and observational studies have indicated that the interaction of the Gulf Stream and the deep western boundary current (DWBC) in the North Atlantic may induce low-frequency (decadal timescale) variability. ...

Abstract: An idealized model is used to study the restratification of the Labrador Sea after deep convection, with emphasis on the role of boundary current eddies shed near the west coast of Greenland. The boundary current eddies ...

Abstract: Ocean rings, when isolated from major ocean currents, can have life spans on the order of years. This study focuses on the stability of such isolated ocean rings. Assuming axisymmetric basic-state profiles, the linear ...