Lagrangian views of the pathways of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

A Bower, S Lozier, A Biastoch, K Drouin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The Lagrangian method—where current location and intensity are determined by tracking
the movement of flow along its path—is the oldest technique for measuring the ocean …

Variability in the northern North Atlantic and Arctic oceans across the last two millennia: A review

P Moffa‐Sánchez, E Moreno‐Chamarro… - Paleoceanography …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The climate of the last two millennia was characterized by decadal to multicentennial
variations, which were recorded in terrestrial records and had important societal impacts …

Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic

NP Holliday, M Bersch, B Berx, L Chafik… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation is important to the climate system
because it carries heat and carbon northward, and from the surface to the deep ocean. The …

Irminger Sea is the center of action for subpolar AMOC variability

L Chafik, NP Holliday, S Bacon… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Significant societally important climate impacts can be caused by changes in the strength of
the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at higher latitudes. Focusing on …

Mixing and air–sea buoyancy fluxes set the time-mean overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic and Nordic Seas

DG Evans, NP Holliday, S Bacon, I Le Bras - Ocean Science, 2023 - os.copernicus.org
The overturning streamfunction as measured at the OSNAP (Overturning in the Subpolar
North Atlantic Program) mooring array represents the transformation of warm, salty Atlantic …

Impact of model resolution on Arctic sea ice and North Atlantic Ocean heat transport

D Docquier, JP Grist, MJ Roberts, CD Roberts… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Arctic sea-ice area and volume have substantially decreased since the beginning of the
satellite era. Concurrently, the poleward heat transport from the North Atlantic Ocean into the …

Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic

MS Lozier, AS Bower, HH Furey, KL Drouin, X Xu… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
As part of the international Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP),
135 acoustically-tracked deep floats were deployed to track the spreading pathways of …

Observed decrease in deep western boundary current transport in subpolar North Atlantic

G Koman, AS Bower, NP Holliday, HH Furey, Y Fu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is an important feature of
Earth's climate system as it returns recently ventilated water to the deep ocean and is a …

Future strengthening of the Nordic Seas overturning circulation

M Årthun, H Asbjørnsen, L Chafik, HL Johnson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The overturning circulation in the Nordic Seas involves the transformation of warm Atlantic
waters into cold, dense overflows. These overflow waters return to the North Atlantic and …

North Atlantic Ocean circulation and decadal sea level change during the altimetry era

L Chafik, JEØ Nilsen, S Dangendorf, G Reverdin… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Regional sea-level rise is characterized by decadal acceleration and deceleration periods
that typically stem from oceanic climate variability. Here, we investigate decadal sea-level …