Irmingerstrom
The Irmingerstrom is a warm ocean current in the North Atlantic .
Course and impact
The Gulf Stream is divided from America coming up in the currents Irminger Current, North Atlantic current and Norwegian Current . This division occurs on a ridge between Scotland and Iceland . The Irmingerstrom transports relatively warm water with temperatures of up to 5 degrees Celsius north to the regions west of Iceland. Ultimately, this leads to a great abundance of fish in Iceland. The Irminger Current is part of the small Atlantic Current Ring, consisting of the Irmingerstrom, East Greenland Current, Labrador Current and Northeast Atlantic Current.
Surname
Just like the Irminger Sea , the current was named after the Danish captain and later Vice Admiral Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger (1802-1888), who examined the ocean currents of the North Atlantic and in 1853 was the first to describe this branch of the Gulf Stream, which was named after him in 1878.
Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger published several works on his investigations such as the essay "About the direction and speed of the Gulf Stream" in "Nyt Archiv for Søvæsenet. København 1843. p. 191.", or in 1853 the essay "About the ocean currents" and 1854 the essay "About the Arctic Current" as well as other essays, which, however, were only written in Danish.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schultz et al., Sporthochseeschifferschein, Delius Klasing, ISBN 978-3-7688-1820-9
- ^ Commander Axel Fiedler: "Om Irminger Havets og Irmingerstrømmens navn". Søværnsorientering No. 1 , March 2003 PDF ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 127 kB)
- ^ Johann Georg Kohl: "History of the Gulf Stream and its exploration". Pages 157-161. Eliborn Classics series. as a replica of the version from 1868 by C. Ed. Müller, Bremen.