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Close ✕Labrador Sea
The basin between Labrador and Greenland where winter storms strip so much heat from the surface that the water column overturns to depths of one to two kilometres, forming Labrador Sea…
57.0, -53.0 · approximate · permanent feature; continuous OSNAP measurement since 2014
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- A place in: Ocean Currents · 3 places
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Connections
- connected to North Atlantic — Grand Banks approaches — The Labrador Current carries water from the Labrador Sea south along the shelf to the Grand Banks approaches.
- is originates in of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) — Labrador Sea Water, formed by winter convection, is one of the three components of North Atlantic Deep Water — and, OSNAP found, the smallest contributor to overturning.
- is assesses of Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) — OSNAP West spans the Labrador Sea and measured its overturning contribution directly for the first time.
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