Greenland Melt and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Greenland Melt and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
More than a decade of observations of the meridional overturning circulation in the subtropical North Atlantic show it to be highly variable on time scales of days to years and with an overall trend toward slowing down. Over the same time period, melting from Greenland (and elsewhere in the Arctic, including from sea ice) has been increasing, resulting in greater freshwater input to the northern North Atlantic. In this article, we examine evidence for the impact, if any, of this influx of freshwater on the large-scale ocean circulation and for potential changes.
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Frajka-Williams, Eleanor
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Bamber, Jonathan
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Våge, Kjetil
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December 2016
Frajka-Williams, Eleanor
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Bamber, Jonathan
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Våge, Kjetil
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Frajka-Williams, Eleanor, Bamber, Jonathan and Våge, Kjetil
(2016)
Greenland Melt and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
Oceanography, 29 (4), .
(doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.96).
Abstract
More than a decade of observations of the meridional overturning circulation in the subtropical North Atlantic show it to be highly variable on time scales of days to years and with an overall trend toward slowing down. Over the same time period, melting from Greenland (and elsewhere in the Arctic, including from sea ice) has been increasing, resulting in greater freshwater input to the northern North Atlantic. In this article, we examine evidence for the impact, if any, of this influx of freshwater on the large-scale ocean circulation and for potential changes.
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Accepted/In Press date: 5 October 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 December 2016
Published date: December 2016
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/404899
ISSN: 1042-8275
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