Meridional overturning and oceanic heat transport circulation observations in the North Atlantic Ocean [in 'State of the Climate in 2017']

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Baringer, MO, Willis, J, Smeed, DA, Moat, B, Dong, S, Hobbs, WR, Rayner, D, Johns, WE, Gonil, G, Lankhorst, M, Send, U
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical oceanography; Buckley; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/; https://doi.org/10.1175/2018BAMSStateoftheClimate.1; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/127645

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the Atlantic meridional heat transport (AMHT) carry warm near-surface water northward, provide heat to the atmosphere at northern latitudes, and carry colder deep water southward. Buckley and Marshall (2016) present a summary of the dynamica...