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Labrador Sea
Labrador Sea

Eddies such as those shown above may be transporting melt water from the Greenland ice sheet into the central Labrador Sea. In this way they may play some part in controlling the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

The above VIIRS image was collected on June 23, 2016. Click on it to download a larger version.