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| Lherminier, Pascale; Mercier, Herle; Huck, Thierry; Gourcuff, Claire; Perez, Fiz F.; Morin, Pascal; Sarafanov, Artem; Falina, Anastasia. |
| The horizontal circulation of the subpolar gyre and the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) are investigated here by comparing two snapshots of the North Atlantic as delivered by two hydrographic sections between Greenland and Portugal. The corresponding cruises were carried out in June–July 2002 and June–July 2004 on R/V Thalassa within the framework of the Ovide project. The absolute transports in June 2004 are described in detail, and then compared with transports in June 2002. The MOC (in density coordinates), driven by the volume balance between the northward North Atlantic Current (NAC) and the net southward export of dense water from the subpolar gyre, did not change: View the MathML source (1 Sv=106 m3 s−1). Its upper limb, above σ1=32.1, is... |
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Palavras-chave: North Atlantic; Subpolar gyre; Meridional Overturning Circulation; OVIDE; Hydrology; ADCP. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00011/12272/9057.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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