Circulation and Convection in the Irminger Sea

• Main Author: Vage, Kjetil
• Other Authors: MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *CONVECTION(ATMOSPHERIC); *OCEAN CURRENTS; TOPOGRAPHY; LABRADOR SEA; FLOW; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONES; THESES; WIND; EVOLUTION(GENERAL); IRMINGER SEA; GREENLAND TIP JETS; LABRADOR SEA WATER; Greenland; Irminger Basin; Irminger Sea; Cape Farewell; Labrador Sea
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA514561; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA514561

Aspects of the circulation and convection in the Irminger Sea are investigated using a variety of in-situ, satellite, and atmospheric reanalysis products. Westerly Greenland tip jet events are intense, small-scale wind phenomena located east of Cape Farewell, and are important to circulation and con...