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Interactions between the Arctic Mediterranean and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A Review

Journal Article · · Oceanography
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
  2. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  3. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seattle, WA (United States). Pacific Marine Environmental Lab. (PMEL)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) plays a significant role in the global climate system, and its behavior in a warming climate is a matter of significant concern. The AMOC is thought to be driven largely by ocean heat loss in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean, but recent research increasingly emphasizes the importance of the Arctic Mediterranean for the AMOC. In turn, the AMOC may influence the Arctic heat budget through its impact on poleward heat transport. Hence, understanding the processes that link the AMOC and the Arctic is critical for our ability to project how both may evolve in a warming climate. In this paper we review some of the recent research that is shaping our thinking about the AMOC and its two-way interactions with the Arctic.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1897442
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-22-27688
Journal Information:
Oceanography, Journal Name: Oceanography Journal Issue: 3-4 Vol. 35; ISSN 1042-8275
Publisher:
The Oceanography SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2020 (v2020.1). dataset January 2021
Fram Strait freshwater transport and gridded monthly mean velocity and salinity 1997-2015 dataset January 2018

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMOC
Arctic
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
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