Ocean Science
Ocean Science
OS
Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1763-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1763-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Research article
 | 
03 Jun 2026
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2026

On the fate of the Irminger Current water and its impact on the convection region in the Irminger Sea – a Lagrangian model study

Nora Fried, Renske Gelderloos, Oliver J. Tooth, Caroline A. Katsman, and M. Femke de Jong

Related authors

Dynamic and steric sea-level changes due to a collapsing AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
René M. van Westen, Caroline A. Katsman, and Dewi Le Bars
Ocean Sci., 22, 1353–1376, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1353-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-22-1353-2026, 2026
Short summary
Greenland tip jet and deep convection in the Irminger Sea: disentangling the roles of heat loss and wind stress
Aleksandr M. Fedorov, M. Femke De Jong, Claudia E. Wieners, Elodie Duyck, and Henk A. Dijkstra
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-918,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-918, 2026
Short summary
A Frontal Ablation Dataset for 49 Tidewater Glaciers in Greenland
Dominik Fahrner, Donald Slater, Aman KC, Claudia Cenedese, David A. Sutherland, Ellyn Enderlin, Femke de Jong, Kristian K. Kjeldsen, Michael Wood, Peter Nienow, Sophie Nowicki, and Till Wagner
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-411,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-411, 2023
Preprint withdrawn
Short summary
Seasonal overturning variability in the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre: a Lagrangian perspective
Oliver John Tooth, Helen Louise Johnson, Chris Wilson, and Dafydd Gwyn Evans
Ocean Sci., 19, 769–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-769-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-769-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Almansi, M. and Gelderloos, R.: OceanSpy: A Python package to facilitate ocean model data analysis and visualization, J. Open Source Softw., 4, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01491, 2019. 
Almansi, M., Haine, T. W. N., Pickart, R. S., Magaldi, M. G., Gelderloos, R., and Mastropole, D.: High-Frequency Variability in the Circulation and Hydrography of the Denmark Strait Overflow from a High-Resolution Numerical Model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47, 2999–3013, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0129.1, 2017. 
Almansi, M., Haine, T. W. N., Gelderloos, R., and Pickart, R. S.: Evolution of Denmark Strait Overflow Cyclones and Their Relationship to Overflow Surges, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL086759, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086759, 2020. 
Böning, C. W., Behrens, E., Biastoch, A., Getzlaff, K., and Bamber, J. L.: Emerging impact of Greenland meltwater on deepwater formation in the North Atlantic Ocean, Nat. Geosci., 9, 523–527, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2740, 2016. 
Bromwich, D. H., Wilson, A. B., Bai, L., Liu, Z., Barlage, M., Shih, C.-F., Maldonado, S., Hines, K. M., Wang, S.-H., Woollen, J., Kuo, B., Lin, H.-C., Wee, T.-K., Serreze, M. C., and Walsh, J. E.: The Arctic System Reanalysis, Version 2, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 99, 805–828, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0215.1, 2018. 
More articles (78)
Download
Short summary

This study investigates how much warm and saline subtropical-origin water flowing in the Irminger Current (IC) can enter the Irminger Sea convection region by releasing virtual particles in an ocean model. We show that one quarter of IC waters enter the convection region with the potential to increase local stratification. Our results suggest that changes in the water mass properties of the IC have the potential to influence the strength of deep convection in the Irminger Sea.

Read more
Share