Wintertime Water Mass Transformation in the Labrador Sea

摘要

To understand better the dynamics of open-ocean convection and ultimately improve its parameterization in large-scale numerical models. To meet this goal we need to understand the basin-scale setting as well as the details of the overturning. On the large-scale, the main objective is to determine the circulation in which the convection is embedded and distinguish the roles of the different water masses. On the small scale, the aim is to characterize the 'macroscopic' mixed-layer structure as well as the 'microscopic' variability within the layers, and put this structure into a consistent dynamical framework.