Basin-Wide Oceanographic Array Bridges the South Atlantic
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Date | 2014-02 | ||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Ansorge Isabelle J.1, Baringer Molly2, Campos Edmo J.D.3, Dong S.4, Fine R.A.2, 5, Garzoli Silvia L.2, 4, Goni Gustavo2, Meinen Christopher S.2, Perez R.C.2, 5, Piola Alberto R.6, 7, Roberts M.J.8, Speich Sabrina9, Sprintall J.10, Terre Terrillon Thierry11, Van Den Berg M.A.9 | ||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 2 : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Miami, Fla., USA 3 : University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 4 : University of Miami, Miami, Fla, USA 5 : University of Miami, Miami, Fla, USA 6 : Departamento de Oceanografía, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Buenos Aires, Argentina 7 : Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 8 : Oceans and Coasts Research, Department of Environmental Affairs, Roggebaai, South Africa 9 : Universite de Bretagne Occidentale Brest, France 10 : Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA 11 : Ifremer,Plouzané, France |
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Source | Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union (0096-3941) (American Geophysical Union), 2014-02 , Vol. 95 , N. 6 , P. 53-54 | ||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1002/2014EO060001 | ||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | South Atlantic, Meridional Overturning Circulation, CPIES | ||||||||||||
Abstract | The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a global system of surface, intermediate, and deep ocean currents. The MOC connects the surface layer of the ocean and the atmosphere with the huge reservoir of the deep sea and is the primary mechanism for transporting heat, freshwater, and carbon between ocean basins. Climate models show that past changes in the strength of the MOC were linked to historical climate variations. Further research suggests that the MOC will continue to modulate climate change scenarios on time scales ranging from decades to centuries [Latif et al., 2006]. | ||||||||||||
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