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Explore the flow patterns moving along the isobaths from East Greenland to the Mid-Atlantic Bight, highlighting the trapping of fresh water and ice on the Labrador shelf. Discover the dynamics of shallow and deep convection sites during winter and the implications for ice movement in this area.
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?? ??? Flow along isobaths from East-Greenland to the Mid-Atlantic Bight Chapman and Beardsley (1989) adapted by Khatiwala et al. (1999)
Hudson Strait LABRADOR NASA Along-isobath Flow DEEP Labrador Shelf Moving ice on the Labrador shelf indicates trapping of fresh water and ice on the shelf SHALLOW deep convection site winter 1997 (Pickart et al., 2002)
Mar.-6 2012
1964 1962 Ward Hunt Ice Shelf 1963 Nutt (1966): The drift of ice island WH-5