Two Decades of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Anatomy, Variations, Extremes, Prediction, and Overcoming Its Limitations

The zonally integrated meridional volume transport in the North Atlantic [Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)] is described in a 19-yr-long ocean-state estimate, one consistent with a diverse global dataset. Apart from a weak increasing trend at high northern latitudes, the AMOC appea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heimbach, Patrick, Wunsch, Carl Isaac
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87787
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-3664
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-6161