FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Highly variable upper and abyssal overturning cells in the South Atlantic BT AF Kersalé, M. Meinen, C. S. Perez, RC Le Hénaff, M. Valla, D. Lamont, T. Sato, O. T. Dong, S. TERRE-TERRILLON, Thierry van Caspel, M. Chidichimo, M. P. van den Berg, M. Speich, S. Piola, A. R. Campos, E. J. D. Ansorge, I. Volkov, D. L. Lumpkin, R. Garzoli, S. L. AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:2;4:1,2;5:3;6:4,5;7:6;8:2;9:7;10:6;11:3,8,9;12:4;13:10;14:3,9,11;15:6,12;16:5;17:1,2;18:2;19:1,2; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:PDG-ODE-LOPS;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:; C1 Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, USA. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Oceans and Coasts Research Branch, Department of Environmental Affairs, Cape Town, South Africa. Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa. Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. IFREMER, University of Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, Plouzané, France. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina. Instituto Franco-Argentino sobre Estudio del Clima y sus Impactos (UMI-IFAECI/CNRS-CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique–IPSL, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. C2 UNIV MIAMI, USA NOAA, USA SERV HIDROGRAFIA NAVAL, ARGENTINA OCEANS AND COASTS, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV SAO PAULO, BRAZIL IFREMER, FRANCE CONICET, ARGENTINA UMI-IFAECI, ARGENTINA ENS, FRANCE UNIV BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA UNIV AMER SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SI BREST SE PDG-ODE-LOPS UM LOPS IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 14.136 TC 23 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00645/75705/76614.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00645/75705/76615.pdf LA English DT Article AB The Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) is a primary mechanism driving oceanic heat redistribution on Earth, thereby affecting Earth’s climate and weather. However, the full-depth structure and variability of the MOC are still poorly understood, particularly in the South Atlantic. This study presents unique multiyear records of the oceanic volume transport of both the upper (<~3100 meters) and abyssal (>~3100 meters) overturning cells based on daily moored measurements in the South Atlantic at 34.5°S. The vertical structure of the time-mean flows is consistent with the limited historical observations. Both the upper and abyssal cells exhibit a high degree of variability relative to the temporal means at time scales, ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Observed variations in the abyssal flow appear to be largely independent of the flow in the overlying upper cell. No meaningful trends are detected in either cell. PY 2020 PD AUG SO Science Advances SN 2375-2548 PU American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) VL 6 IS 32 UT 000560452300014 DI 10.1126/sciadv.aba7573 ID 75705 ER EF