It seems that the El Niño - related warmer sea surface temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific in late winter
cause deep convection patterns to shift eastward.
Not exact matches
Also, increase of melt water in the East Greenland Current may
cause a weakening in the
deep convection in the Nordic Seas.
A mechanism that can account for the speed with which heat penetrates to such great depths is
deep convection caused by vertical density differences.
If the disappearance of the Odden Ice Tongue is evidence of a weakening or shutdown of the
deep convection, this may be a
cause for immediate worry.
Within the polynya, large heat loss to the air
causes surface water to become cold and sink to the bottom via open - ocean
deep convection.