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Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current east of the Grand Banks
Author(s) -
Schott Friedrich A.,
Fischer Jürgen,
Dengler Marcus,
Zantopp Rainer
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2006gl026563
Subject(s) - boundary current , current (fluid) , geology , oceanography , current meter , deep water , ocean current , thermohaline circulation , structural basin , climatology , paleontology
The Deep Western Boundary Current east of the Grand Banks has been observed during 1999–2005 by moored current‐meter stations and shipboard current profiling sections. These recent observations can be compared with those of a WOCE moored array deployed during 1993–95 at the same location. Overall, the observations of Deep Water currents east of the Grand Banks reported here do not support suggestions of a basin‐wide "slowdown" of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.