PMID- 17802088
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100702
LR  - 20100608
IS  - 0036-8075 (Print)
IS  - 0036-8075 (Linking)
VI  - 251
IP  - 4997
DP  - 1991 Mar 1
TI  - Reduction of deepwater formation in the greenland sea during the 1980s: evidence 
      from tracer data.
PG  - 1054-6
AB  - Hydrographic observations and measurements of the concentrations of 
      chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have suggested that the formation of Greenland Sea 
      Deep Water (GSDW) slowed down considerably during the 1980s. Such a decrease is 
      related to weakened convection in the Greenland Sea and thus could have 
      significant impact on the properties of the waters flowing over the 
      Scotland-Iceland-Greenland ridge system into the deep Atlantic. Study of the 
      variability of GSDW formation is relevant for understanding the impact of the 
      circulation in the European Polar seas on regional and global deep water 
      characteristics. New long-term multitracer observations from the Greenland Sea 
      show that GSDW formation indeed was greatly reduced during the 1980s. A box model 
      of deepwater formation and exchange in the European Polar seas tuned by the 
      tracer data indicates that the reduction rate of GSDW formation was about 80 
      percent and that the start date of the reduction was between 1978 and 1982.
FAU - Schlosser, P
AU  - Schlosser P
FAU - Bonisch, G
AU  - Bonisch G
FAU - Rhein, M
AU  - Rhein M
FAU - Bayer, R
AU  - Bayer R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Science
JT  - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 0404511
EDAT- 1991/03/01 00:00
MHDA- 1991/03/01 00:01
CRDT- 1991/03/01 00:00
PHST- 1991/03/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1991/03/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1991/03/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 251/4997/1054 [pii]
AID - 10.1126/science.251.4997.1054 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Science. 1991 Mar 1;251(4997):1054-6. doi: 10.1126/science.251.4997.1054.