Abstract
Every year, thousands of mesoscale storms (termed polar lows) cross the climatically sensitive subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. High-resolution numerical simulations of the ocean circulation, taking into account the effect of these storms on deep-water formation, suggest that polar lows significantly affect the global ocean circulation.
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