Observed interannual variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26.5°N

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  McCarthy, G ^a   Frajka Williams, E ^a   Johns, W E ^b   Baringer, M O ^c   Meinen, C S ^c   Bryden, H L ^a   Rayner, D ^a   Duchez, A ^a   Roberts, C ^d   Cunningham, S A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BAHAMAS; CANARY ISLANDS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; REBALANCING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-SCALES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OVERTURN; TIMESCALE;

BAHAMAS; CANARY ISLANDS; SPAIN;

EID: 84867527590     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052933     Document Type: Article

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