Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: Observed transport and variability

E Frajka-Williams, IJ Ansorge, J Baehr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to
the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and North …

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 …

Anomalously weak Labrador Sea convection and Atlantic overturning during the past 150 years

DJR Thornalley, DW Oppo, P Ortega, JI Robson… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that
has an essential role in Earth's climate, redistributing heat and influencing the carbon cycle …

Natural variability has dominated Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since 1900

M Latif, J Sun, M Visbeck, M Hadi Bordbar - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
There is debate about slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a
key component of the global climate system. Some focus is on the sea surface temperature …

Changes in the Gulf Stream preceded rapid warming of the Northwest Atlantic Shelf

A Gonçalves Neto, JA Langan, JB Palter - Communications Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Northwest Atlantic Shelf provides ecological and economic benefits along the
heavily populated North American coastline and beyond. In 2009-2010, abrupt warming …

Regional imprints of changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the eddy-rich ocean model VIKING20X

A Biastoch, FU Schwarzkopf, K Getzlaff, S Rühs… - Ocean …, 2021 - os.copernicus.org
A hierarchy of global 1/4∘(ORCA025) and Atlantic Ocean 1/20∘ nested (VIKING20X) ocean–
sea-ice models is described. It is shown that the eddy-rich configurations performed in …

[HTML][HTML] Surface predictor of overturning circulation and heat content change in the subpolar North Atlantic

DG Desbruyères, H Mercier, G Maze… - Ocean Science, 2019 - os.copernicus.org
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) impacts ocean and
atmosphere temperatures on a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Here we use …

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 …

Nuclear reprocessing tracers illuminate flow features and connectivity between the Arctic and subpolar North Atlantic Oceans

N Casacuberta, JN Smith - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Releases of anthropogenic radionuclides from European nuclear fuel reprocessing plants
enter the surface circulation of the high-latitude North Atlantic and are transported northward …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen export to the deep ocean following Labrador Sea Water formation

J Koelling, D Atamanchuk, J Karstensen… - …, 2022 - bg.copernicus.org
Abstract The Labrador Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean is one of the few regions globally
where oxygen from the atmosphere can reach the deep ocean directly. This is the result of …