What does NADW stand for?

North Atlantic Deep Water

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By the time it reaches the North Atlantic it becomes so dense that it starts to sink down, forming a deep ocean current known as the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW).

Turned out nice again

Of particular importance is that even with an inactive AMO, there is warming everywhere except over the ocean in the immediate vicinity of the location of North Atlantic deep water (NADW) formation.

Ice growth in the greenhouse: a seductive paradox but unrealistic ...

During millennial periods of cold climate, North Atlantic deep water (NADW) formation either stopped or was seriously reduced.

Are we on the brink of a new little ice age? Potential cooling of the ...

Oceanographers describe the North Atlantic Deep Water current as a conveyor belt that transports heat around the globe.

Atlantic current gives climate the shakes

The resulting blended water mass, known as the Upper North Atlantic Deep Water (UNADW), exhibits a temperature history that we can now relate to variations in LSW source properties.

Labrador Sea Water carries northern climate signal south: subpolar ...

It has long been known that newly ventilated North Atlantic Deep Water travels southward in a concentrated current, hugging the western edge of the Atlantic basin.

Transient tracers track ocean climate signals

The broad features of modern deep ocean circulation are often described as a thermo-haline "conveyor belt" initiated by the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) as it sinks in the Norwegian, Greenland, and Labrador Seas and flows southward into the Circumpolar Deep Water (CPDW) around Antarctica.

Radionuclide studies indicate an historically hardy "conveyor belt."

Oceanographers often recognize these dominant sources through the proper names North Atlantic Deep Water and Antarctic Bottom Water.

A primer on ocean currents: measurements and lingo of physical ...