Toru Miyama

Oct 31, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Atlantic Oceanographic |Toru Miyama |Thomas Cronin |Mathilde Jutras

1 IntroductionLabrador Sea Water (LSW) is the dominant water mass comprising upper North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). It is formed in the Labrador Sea as a direct result of surface heat loss and a deepened mixed layer during the winter, and its properties are highly dependent on the environmental conditions present during the convective season (Yashayaev, 2007).