Extreme variability in Irminger Sea winter heat loss revealed by ocean observatories initiative mooring and the ERA5 reanalysis

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Josey, S. A., de Jong, M. F., Oltmanns, M., Moore, G. K., Weller, R. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Irminger Sea; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522316/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/522316/1/Josey_et_al-2019-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080956

Ground‐breaking measurements from the ocean observatories initiative Irminger Sea surface mooring (60°N, 39°30′W) are presented that provide the first in situ characterization of multiwinter surface heat exchange at a high latitude North Atlantic site. They reveal strong variability (December 2014 n...