Authors
Joël J‐M Hirschi, Bernard Barnier, Claus Böning, Arne Biastoch, Adam T Blaker, Andrew Coward, Sergey Danilov, Sybren Drijfhout, Klaus Getzlaff, Stephen M Griffies, Hiroyasu Hasumi, Helene Hewitt, Doroteaciro Iovino, Takao Kawasaki, Andrew E Kiss, Nikolay Koldunov, Alice Marzocchi, Jennifer V Mecking, Ben Moat, Jean‐Marc Molines, Paul G Myers, Thierry Penduff, Malcolm Roberts, Anne‐Marie Treguier, Dmitry V Sein, Dmitry Sidorenko, Justin Small, Paul Spence, LuAnne Thompson, Wilbert Weijer, Xiaobiao Xu
Publication date
2020/4
Source
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume
125
Issue
4
Pages
e2019JC015522
Description
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) represents the zonally integrated stream function of meridional volume transport in the Atlantic Basin. The AMOC plays an important role in transporting heat meridionally in the climate system. Observations suggest a heat transport by the AMOC of 1.3 PW at 26°N—a latitude which is close to where the Atlantic northward heat transport is thought to reach its maximum. This shapes the climate of the North Atlantic region as we know it today. In recent years there has been significant progress both in our ability to observe the AMOC in nature and to simulate it in numerical models. Most previous modeling investigations of the AMOC and its impact on climate have relied on models with horizontal resolution that does not resolve ocean mesoscale eddies and the dynamics of the Gulf Stream/North Atlantic Current system. As a result of recent increases in computing …
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JJM Hirschi, B Barnier, C Böning, A Biastoch, AT Blaker… - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2020