Recent wind-driven change in Subantarctic Mode Water and its impact on ocean heat storage

• Published in: Nature Climate Change
• Main Authors: Gao, L, Rintoul, SR, Yu, W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Antarctic; Curl; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0022-8; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131757

The subduction and export of Subantarctic Mode Water (SAMW) supplies the upper limb of the overturning circulation and makes an important contribution to global heat, freshwater, carbon and nutrient budgets. Upper ocean heat content has increased since 2006, helping to explain the so-called global w...