The Atlantic Climate Change Program

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<1191:TACCP>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6764226

Molinari, R L ^[1]; Battisti, D ^[2]; Bryan, K ^[3]; Walsh, J ^[4]

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1. Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab., Miami, FL (United States)
2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
3. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab., Princeton, NJ (United States)
4. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)

The Atlantic Climate Change Program (ACCP) is a component of NOAA's Climate and Global Change Program. ACCP is directed at determining the role of the thermohaline circulation of the Atlantic Ocean on global atmospheric climate. Efforts and progress in four ACCP elements are described. Advances include (1) descriptions of decadal and longer-term variability in the coupled ocean-atmosphere-ice system of the North Atlantic; (2) development of tools needed to perform long-term model runs of coupled simulations of North Atlantic air-sea interaction; (3) definition of mean and time-dependent characteristics of the thermohaline circulation; and (4) development of monitoring strategies for various elements of the thermohaline circulation. 20 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 6764226
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States), Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; (United States) Vol. 75:7; ISSN 0003-0007; ISSN BAMIAT
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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