Transport variability-driving mechanisms in Flemish Pass at the western boundary of the Subpolar North Atlantic ; Analyse der antreibenden Mechanismen der Transportvariabilität in der Flämischen Passage im westlichen Randstrom des subpolaren Nordatlantiks

The aim of this study is to analyse the Upper Labrador Sea Water (ULSW) volume transport variability at Flemish Pass and in the Deep Western Boundary Current (DWBC) at 47°N and at 53°N along the topographic slope of the Continental Shelf at the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. In the focus of this study are the physical mechanisms governing the transport variability of ULSW at various timescales using monthly (from 1960-2009) and daily (from 2003-2009) model data from an 8-km resolution numerical ocean model (MITgcm). In order to quantify the southward USLW volume transport, the modeled monthly ou... Mehr ...