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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra
• Frajka-Williams, Eleanor
• Moat, Ben I
• Smeed, David A

Titel

A dynamically based method for estimating the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26° N from satellite altimetry

Ist Teil von

• Ocean science, 2021-09, Vol.17 (5), p.1321-1340

Ort / Verlag

Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The large-scale system of ocean currents that transport warm waters in the upper 1000 m northward and return deeper cooler waters southward is known as the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Variations in the AMOC have significant repercussions for the climate system; hence, there is a need for long-term monitoring of AMOC fluctuations. Currently the longest record of continuous directly measured AMOC changes is from the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS programme, initiated in 2004. The RAPID programme and other mooring programmes have revolutionised our understanding of large-scale circulation; however, by design they are constrained to measurements at a single latitude and cannot tell us anything pre-2004.