Subpolar gyre decadal variability explains the recent oxygenation in the Irminger Sea

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Charlène Feucher, Esther Portela, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, Virginie Thierry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
• Subjects: envir; anthro-se; Irminger Sea; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00570-y; https://doaj.org/article/fd66898e38d546da98122f20c3387707

Enhanced subpolar gyre intensity and enhanced winter convection linked to a positive North Atlantic Oscillation Index explains recent oxygenation of Labrador Sea Water in the Irminger Sea, according to an analysis of autonomous profiling float and shipborne observational data between 1991 and 2018.