The Irminger Gyre: Circulation, convection, and interannual variability

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Våge, Kjetil, Pickart, Robert S., Sarafanov, Artem, Knutsen, Øyvind, Mercier, Herlé, Lherminier, Pascale, van Aken, Hendrik M., Meincke, Jens, Quadfasel, Detlef, Bacon, Sheldon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Irminger Sea; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/187393/

In this study 36 hydrographic transects occupied between 1991 and 2007 in the vicinity of the WOCE A1E/AR7E section are used to investigate various aspects of the Irminger Gyre, a narrow cyclonic recirculation in the southwest Irminger Sea. Vertical sections of absolute geostrophic velocity were con...