Impact of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on the decadal variability of the Gulf Stream path and regional chlorophyll and nutrient concentrations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 9889-9897

  Sanchez Franks, A ^a   Zhang, R ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMOC; biogeochemical cycle; Gulf Stream

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

AMOC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; GULF STREAM; LARGE-SCALE OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NUTRIENT; OVERTURN; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84956958293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066262     Document Type: Article

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