The evolution of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since 1980

LC Jackson, A Biastoch, MW Buckley… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component of the
climate through its transport of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. Decadal changes in the …

A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices

E Van Sebille, SM Griffies, R Abernathey, TP Adams… - Ocean modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
Lagrangian analysis is a powerful way to analyse the output of ocean circulation models and
other ocean velocity data such as from altimetry. In the Lagrangian approach, large sets of …

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 …

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 …

Ventilation of the Southern Ocean pycnocline

AK Morrison, DW Waugh, AMC Hogg… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Ocean ventilation is the transfer of tracers and young water from the surface down into the
ocean interior. The tracers that can be transported to depth include anthropogenic heat and …

Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26 N

BI Moat, DA Smeed, E Frajka-Williams… - Ocean Science …, 2020 - os.copernicus.org
The strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) at 26° N has now
been continuously measured by the RAPID array over the period Apr 2004–Sept 2018. This …

[HTML][HTML] Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A new international ocean observing system

MS Lozier, S Bacon, AS Bower… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A New International Ocean Observing
System in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 98 Issue 4 (2017) Jump …

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 …

Recent slowing of Atlantic overturning circulation as a recovery from earlier strengthening

LC Jackson, KA Peterson, CD Roberts, RA Wood - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) has weakened substantially over the
past decade. Some weakening may already have occurred over the past century, and global …