Impact of a 30% reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning during 2009–2010
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation comprises warm upper waters flowing northward, becoming colder and denser until they form deep water in the Labrador and Nordic Seas that then returns southward through the North and South Atlantic. The ocean heat transport associated with this circula...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-08-01
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Series: | Ocean Science |
Online Access: | http://www.ocean-sci.net/10/683/2014/os-10-683-2014.pdf |