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Meinen, Christopher S.; Speich, Sabrina; Piola, Alberto R.; Ansorge, Isabelle; Campos, Edmo; Kersale, Marion; Terre Terrillon, Thierry; Chidichimo, Maria Paz; Lamont, Tarron; Sato, Olga T.; Perez, Renellys C.; Valla, Daniel; Van Den Berg, Marcel; Le Henaff, Matthieu; Dong, Shenfu; Garzoli, Silvia L.. |
Six years of simultaneous moored observations near the western and eastern boundaries of the South Atlantic are combined with satellite winds to produce a daily time series of the basin-wide meridional overturning circulation (MOC) volume transport at 34.5 degrees S. The results demonstrate that barotropic and baroclinic signals at both boundaries cause significant transport variations, and as such must be concurrently observed. The data, spanning similar to 20 months during 2009-2010 and similar to 4 years during 2013-2017, reveal a highly energetic MOC record with a temporal standard deviation of 8.3 Sv, and strong variations at time scales ranging from a few days to years (peak-to-peak range = 54.6 Sv). Seasonal transport variations are found to have... |
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Palavras-chave: Meridional overturning circulation; South Atlantic; Overturning; Volume transport; Observations. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00445/55612/57253.pdf |
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Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Baringer, Molly; Campos, Edmo J.d.; Dong, S.; Fine, R.a.; Garzoli, Silvia L.; Goni, Gustavo; Meinen, Christopher S.; Perez, R.c.; Piola, Alberto R.; Roberts, M.j.; Speich, Sabrina; Sprintall, J.; Terre Terrillon, Thierry; Van Den Berg, M.a.. |
The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a global system of surface, intermediate, and deep ocean currents. The MOC connects the surface layer of the ocean and the atmosphere with the huge reservoir of the deep sea and is the primary mechanism for transporting heat, freshwater, and carbon between ocean basins. Climate models show that past changes in the strength of the MOC were linked to historical climate variations. Further research suggests that the MOC will continue to modulate climate change scenarios on time scales ranging from decades to centuries [Latif et al., 2006]. |
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Palavras-chave: South Atlantic; Meridional Overturning Circulation; CPIES. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00175/28609/27109.pdf |
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