Abstract
Abstract Data from profiling RAFOS floats, TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry, and the alongtrack scanning radiometer (ATSR) aboard ERS-1 have been used to describe the spatial and seasonal patterns of eddy variability in the Labrador Sea. Peaks in sea surface height (SSH) variability appear in two regions: off the west Greenland shelf near 61.5°N, 52°W where the 3000-m isobath separates from the shelf, and in the center of the basin at 58°N, 52°W. Both locations show seasonal ranges in SSH variability of up to 40 mm, with the Greenland site, having largest variability in January–March, leading the central site by 50 days. A sea surface temperature image from the ATSR at the Greenland site shows numerous eddies, both cyclonic and anticyclonic, being formed by injection of West Greenland Current water into the Labrador Sea interior. Data from profiling RAFOS floats launched in 1997 as part of the Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment are used to describe three of the West Greenland Current eddies in detail. One of...
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