Characteristics and causes of Irminger Water variability in the subpolar North Atlantic between 1993 and 2022

• Main Author: Wiegand, Kevin Niklas
• Other Authors: Kieke, Dagmar, Myers, Paul G., Spreen, Gunnar
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2023
• Subjects: oceanography; hydrography; water masses; Irminger Water; Irminger Sea; Labrador Sea; physical mechanisms; observations; models; seasonality; convection; 530; 530 Physics; ddc:530; Greenland; north atlantic current; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/7502; https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/2725; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-elib75023

Irminger Water (IW) originates in the subtropical North Atlantic and is transported northeastward with the North Atlantic Current. It is located in the Irminger Sea and the boundary current system (BCS) off Greenland and Labrador. As the warmest and most saline water mass in this region, it impacts...