Observations, inferences, and mechanisms of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review

MW Buckley, J Marshall - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This is a review about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), its mean
structure, temporal variability, controlling mechanisms, and role in the coupled climate …

The recent Atlantic cold anomaly: Causes, consequences, and related phenomena

SA Josey, JJM Hirschi, B Sinha… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Cold ocean temperature anomalies have been observed in the mid-to high-latitude North
Atlantic on interannual to centennial timescales. Most notably, a large region of persistently …

ECCO version 4: An integrated framework for non-linear inverse modeling and global ocean state estimation

G Forget, JM Campin, P Heimbach… - Geoscientific Model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
This paper presents the ECCO v4 non-linear inverse modeling framework and its baseline
solution for the evolving ocean state over the period 1992–2011. Both components are …

Skillful prediction of northern climate provided by the ocean

M Årthun, T Eldevik, E Viste, H Drange… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
It is commonly understood that a potential for skillful climate prediction resides in the ocean.
It nevertheless remains unresolved to what extent variable ocean heat is imprinted on the …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean–atmosphere dynamical coupling fundamental to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation

RCJ Wills, KC Armour, DS Battisti… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Ocean–Atmosphere Dynamical Coupling Fundamental to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
in: Journal of Climate Volume 32 Issue 1 (2019) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Mechanisms underlying recent decadal changes in subpolar N orth a tlantic O cean heat content

CG Piecuch, RM Ponte, CM Little… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA) is subject to strong decadal variability, with
implications for surface climate and its predictability. In 2004–2005, SPNA decadal upper …

What drives upper-ocean temperature variability in coupled climate models and observations?

RJ Small, FO Bryan, SP Bishop, S Larson… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
A key question in climate modeling is to what extent sea surface temperature and upper-
ocean heat content are driven passively by air–sea heat fluxes, as opposed to forcing by …

Strengthened Indonesian Throughflow drives decadal warming in the southern Indian Ocean

Y Zhang, M Feng, Y Du, HE Phillips… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Remarkable warming of the Southern Indian Ocean during the recent two decades is
assessed using a heat budget analysis based on the Estimating the Circulation and Climate …

The partition of regional sea level variability

G Forget, RM Ponte - Progress in Oceanography, 2015 - Elsevier
The existing altimetric record offers an unprecedented view of sea level (ζ) variability on a
global scale for more than 2 decades. Optimal inference from the data involves appropriate …

The role of the Gulf Stream in European climate

JB Palter - Annual review of marine science, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Gulf Stream carries the warm, poleward return flow of the wind-driven North Atlantic
subtropical gyre and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This northward flow …