Buoyancy forcing and the subpolar Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

MW Buckley, MS Lozier… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its variability are examined in terms
of the overturning in density space and diapycnal water mass transformation. The magnitude …

Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation

F Li, MS Lozier, S Bacon, AS Bower… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which have the
potential to drive societally-important climate impacts, have traditionally been linked to the …

Regional imprints of changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the eddy-rich ocean model VIKING20X

A Biastoch, FU Schwarzkopf, K Getzlaff, S Rühs… - Ocean …, 2021 - os.copernicus.org
A hierarchy of global 1/4∘(ORCA025) and Atlantic Ocean 1/20∘ nested (VIKING20X) ocean–
sea-ice models is described. It is shown that the eddy-rich configurations performed in …

Decadal changes in Atlantic overturning due to the excessive 1990s Labrador Sea convection

CW Böning, P Wagner, P Handmann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) represent a
crucial component of Northern Hemisphere climate variability. In modelling studies decadal …

Stochastic bifurcation of the North Atlantic circulation under a midrange future climate scenario with the NASA-GISS ModelE

A Romanou, D Rind, J Jonas, R Miller… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
A 10-member ensemble simulation with the NASA GISS-E2-1-G climate model shows a
clear bifurcation in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) strength under the …

Reconciling the relationship between the AMOC and Labrador Sea in OSNAP observations and climate models

MB Menary, LC Jackson… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is a key driver of climate
variability. Our understanding, based largely on climate models, is that the Labrador Sea …

North Atlantic Oscillation impact on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shaped by the mean state

HJ Kim, SI An, JH Park, MK Sung, D Kim… - npj Climate and …, 2023 - nature.com
Accurate representation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in global
climate models is crucial for reliable future climate predictions and projections. In this study …

Distinct sources of interannual subtropical and subpolar Atlantic overturning variability

Y Kostov, HL Johnson, DP Marshall, P Heimbach… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is pivotal for regional and global
climate due to its key role in the uptake and redistribution of heat and carbon. Establishing …

Overflow water pathways in the North Atlantic

MS Lozier, AS Bower, HH Furey, KL Drouin, X Xu… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
As part of the international Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP),
135 acoustically-tracked deep floats were deployed to track the spreading pathways of …

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 35 N from deep moorings, floats, and satellite altimeter

IAA Le Bras, J Willis, I Fenty - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
From 2004 to 2014, the Line W moorings measured a 0.7 Sv yr− 1 slowing of the deep
western boundary current (DWBC) offshore of Cape Cod. Here, we combine these deep …