Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016']
This section describes the AMOC and the Atlantic meridional heat transport (AMHT), determined by the large-scale ocean circulation wherein northward moving upper layer waters are transformed into deep waters that return southward, redistributing heat, fresh water, carbon, and nutrients. Large variat...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:120435 2023-05-15T17:28:04+02:00 Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] Baringer, MO Smeed, DA Willis, J Lankhorst, M Hobbs, WR Dong, S McCarthy, G Rayner, D Johns, WE Goni, G Send, U 2017 https://doi.org/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/120435 en eng Amer Meteorological Soc http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 Baringer, MO and Smeed, DA and Willis, J and Lankhorst, M and Hobbs, WR and Dong, S and McCarthy, G and Rayner, D and Johns, WE and Goni, G and Send, U, Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'], Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, (8) pp. 84-87. ISSN 0003-0007 (2017) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/120435 Earth Sciences Oceanography Physical oceanography Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 2022-12-12T23:17:07Z This section describes the AMOC and the Atlantic meridional heat transport (AMHT), determined by the large-scale ocean circulation wherein northward moving upper layer waters are transformed into deep waters that return southward, redistributing heat, fresh water, carbon, and nutrients. Large variations in meridional heat transport are associated with strong MOC anomalies (e.g., correlations of 0.94, Johns et al. 2011) and northwesterly wind anomalies while monthly variability is more closely linked to the spatial structure associated with the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO; e.g., Moat et al. 2016). Observed cold North Atlantic sea surface temperatures were consistent with the decadal decrease in MOC transport at 26N (e.g., Baringer et al. 2016). These large-scale ocean anomalies can subsequently impact European weather (e.g., Duchez et al. 2016). Many climate, weather, and ecosystem changes covary with changes in the AMOC (e.g., Srokosz and Bryden 2015; Carton et al. 2014; Srokosz et al. 2012). Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 8 Si S280 |
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This section describes the AMOC and the Atlantic meridional heat transport (AMHT), determined by the large-scale ocean circulation wherein northward moving upper layer waters are transformed into deep waters that return southward, redistributing heat, fresh water, carbon, and nutrients. Large variations in meridional heat transport are associated with strong MOC anomalies (e.g., correlations of 0.94, Johns et al. 2011) and northwesterly wind anomalies while monthly variability is more closely linked to the spatial structure associated with the North Atlantic oscillation (NAO; e.g., Moat et al. 2016). Observed cold North Atlantic sea surface temperatures were consistent with the decadal decrease in MOC transport at 26N (e.g., Baringer et al. 2016). These large-scale ocean anomalies can subsequently impact European weather (e.g., Duchez et al. 2016). Many climate, weather, and ecosystem changes covary with changes in the AMOC (e.g., Srokosz and Bryden 2015; Carton et al. 2014; Srokosz et al. 2012). |
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Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] |
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Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] |
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Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] |
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Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] |
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Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2016'] |
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meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the north atlantic ocean [in 'state of the climate in 2016'] |
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