The evolution of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation since 1980

LC Jackson, A Biastoch, MW Buckley… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a key component of the
climate through its transport of heat in the North Atlantic Ocean. Decadal changes in the …

A review of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in Atlantic multidecadal variability and associated climate impacts

R Zhang, R Sutton, G Danabasoglu… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By synthesizing recent studies employing a wide range of approaches (modern
observations, paleo reconstructions, and climate model simulations), this paper provides a …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tip** elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tip** elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

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 …

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: Observed transport and variability

E Frajka-Williams, IJ Ansorge, J Baehr… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) extends from the Southern Ocean to
the northern North Atlantic, transporting heat northwards throughout the South and North …

A sea change in our view of overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic

MS Lozier, F Li, S Bacon, F Bahr, AS Bower… - Science, 2019 - science.org
To provide an observational basis for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
projections of a slowing Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) in the 21st century …

Likely accelerated weakening of Atlantic overturning circulation emerges in optimal salinity fingerprint

C Zhu, Z Liu, S Zhang, L Wu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The long-term response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) to
anthropogenic forcing has been difficult to detect from the short direct measurements …

Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program: A new international ocean observing system

M Susan Lozier, S Bacon, AS Bower… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
For decades oceanographers have understood the Atlantic meridional overturning
circulation (AMOC) to be primarily driven by changes in the production of deep-water …

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in high‐resolution models

JJM Hirschi, B Barnier, C Böning… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) represents the zonally integrated
stream function of meridional volume transport in the Atlantic Basin. The AMOC plays an …

Sensitivity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to model resolution in CMIP6 HighResMIP simulations and implications for future changes

MJ Roberts, LC Jackson, CD Roberts… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A multimodel, multiresolution ensemble using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
Phase 6 (CMIP6) High Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP) coupled …