Observations, inferences, and mechanisms of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review

MW Buckley, J Marshall - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This is a review about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its mean
structure, temporal variability, controlling mechanisms, and role in the coupled climate …

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in high‐resolution models

JJM Hirschi, B Barnier, C Böning… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) represents the zonally integrated
stream function of meridional volume transport in the Atlantic Basin. The AMOC plays an …

Measuring the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26 N

GD McCarthy, DA Smeed, WE Johns… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) plays a key role in the
global climate system through its redistribution of heat. Changes in the AMOC have been …

Temporal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N

SA Cunningham, T Kanzow, D Rayner, MO Baringer… - science, 2007 - science.org
The vigor of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is thought to be vulnerable to
global warming, but its short-term temporal variability is unknown so changes inferred from …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5 N

T Kanzow, SA Cunningham, WE Johns… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) makes the strongest oceanic
contribution to the meridional redistribution of heat. Here, an observation-based, 48-month …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of interannual–decadal variability in the meridional overturning circulation of the midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean

A Biastoch, CW Böning, J Getzlaff… - Journal of …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
Causes of Interannual–Decadal Variability in the Meridional Overturning Circulation of the
Midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean in: Journal of Climate Volume 21 Issue 24 (2008) Jump to …

Decadal variability of subpolar gyre transport and its reverberation in the North Atlantic overturning

CW Böning, M Scheinert, J Dengg… - Geophysical …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of sea surface height (SSH) records based on satellite altimeter data and
hydrographic properties have suggested a considerable weakening of the North Atlantic …

Dynamic sea level changes following changes in the thermohaline circulation

A Levermann, A Griesel, M Hofmann, M Montoya… - Climate Dynamics, 2005 - Springer
Using the coupled climate model CLIMBER-3α, we investigate changes in sea surface
elevation due to a weakening of the thermohaline circulation (THC). In addition to a global …

Monitoring the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

D Rayner, JJM Hirschi, T Kanzow, WE Johns… - Deep Sea Research …, 2011 - Elsevier
The rapid climate change programme (RAPID) has established a prototype system to
continuously observe the strength and structure of the Atlantic meridional overturning …

A new estimate of the global 3D geostrophic ocean circulation based on satellite data and in-situ measurements

S Mulet, MH Rio, A Mignot, S Guinehut… - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new estimate of the Global Ocean 3D geostrophic circulation from the surface down to
1500m depth (Surcouf3D) has been computed for the 1993–2008 period using an …