The signature of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in sea level along the east coast of North America

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Bingham, Rory J., Hughes, Chris W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2009
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Meteorology and Climatology; Bingham; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7473/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7473/1/MOC_Tide_gauges_in_press.pdf; http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2008GL036215.shtml

In this letter we examine the relationship between the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and sea level (SL) along the east coast of North America. In the eddy permitting ocean model OCCAM we find a distinctive, topography-following pattern of SL variability in the western North...