Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

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

  • Charlène Feucher,
  • Esther Portela,
  • Nicolas Kolodziejczyk,
  • Virginie Thierry

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00570-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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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.