Global Oceans

Johnson, G. C; Lumpkin, R; Atkinson, C; Biló, Tiago; Boyer, Tim; Bringas, Francis; Carter, Brendan R.; Cetinić, Ivona; Chambers, Don P.; Chan, Duo; Cheng, Lijing; Chomiak, Leah; Cronin, Meghan F.; Dong, Shenfu; Feely, Richard A.; Franz, Bryan A.; Gao, Meng; Garg, Jay; Gilson, John; Goni, Gustavo; Hamlington, Benjamin D.; Hobbs, W.; Hu, Zeng-Zhen; Huang, Boyin; Ishii, Masayoshi; Jevrejeva, Svetlana; Johns, W.; Landschützer, Peter; Lankhorst, Matthias; Leuliette, Eric; Locarnini, Ricardo; Lyman, John M.; McPhaden, Michael J.; Merrifield, Mark A.; Mishonov, Alexey; Mitchum, Gary T.; Moat, Ben I.; Mrekaj, Ivan; Nerem, R. Steven; Purkey, Sarah G.; Qiu, Bo; Reagan, James; Sato, Katsunari; Schmid, Claudia; Sharp, Jonathan D.; Siegel, David A.; Smeed, David A.; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Sweet, William; Thompson, Philip R.; Triñanes, Joaquin A.; Volkov, Denis L.; Wanninkhof, Rik; Wen, Caihong; Westberry, Toby K.; Widlansky, Matthew J.; Willis, J.; Xie, Ping-Ping; Yin, Xungang; Zhang, Huai-min; Zhang, Li; Allen, Jessicca; Camper, Amy V.; Haley, Bridgette O.; Hammer, Gregory; Love-Brotak, S. Elizabeth; Ohlmann, Laura; Noguchi, Lukas; Riddle, Deborah B.; Veasey, Sara W.

Johnson, G. C; Lumpkin, R; Atkinson, C; Biló, Tiago; Boyer, Tim; Bringas, Francis; Carter, Brendan R.; Cetinić, Ivona; Chambers, Don P.; Chan, Duo; Cheng, Lijing; Chomiak, Leah; Cronin, Meghan F.; Dong, Shenfu; Feely, Richard A.; Franz, Bryan A.; Gao, Meng; Garg, Jay; Gilson, John; Goni, Gustavo; Hamlington, Benjamin D.; Hobbs, W.; Hu, Zeng-Zhen; Huang, Boyin; Ishii, Masayoshi; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Johns, W.; Landschützer, Peter; Lankhorst, Matthias; Leuliette, Eric; Locarnini, Ricardo; Lyman, John M.; McPhaden, Michael J.; Merrifield, Mark A.; Mishonov, Alexey; Mitchum, Gary T.; Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Mrekaj, Ivan; Nerem, R. Steven; Purkey, Sarah G.; Qiu, Bo; Reagan, James; Sato, Katsunari; Schmid, Claudia; Sharp, Jonathan D.; Siegel, David A.; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Sweet, William; Thompson, Philip R.; Triñanes, Joaquin A.; Volkov, Denis L.; Wanninkhof, Rik; Wen, Caihong; Westberry, Toby K.; Widlansky, Matthew J.; Willis, J.; Xie, Ping-Ping; Yin, Xungang; Zhang, Huai-min; Zhang, Li; Allen, Jessicca; Camper, Amy V.; Haley, Bridgette O.; Hammer, Gregory; Love-Brotak, S. Elizabeth; Ohlmann, Laura; Noguchi, Lukas; Riddle, Deborah B.; Veasey, Sara W.. 2023 Global Oceans. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104 (9). S146-S206. 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2

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Abstract

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and heat transport (MHT) have been observed (Fig. 3.21) at several trans-basin and western boundary moored arrays (e.g., Frajka-Williams et al. 2019; Berx et al. 2021; Hummels et al. 2022), as well as by synthesizing in situ and satellite altimetry measurements at several latitudes (Hobbs and Willis 2012; Sanchez-Franks et al. 2021; Dong et al. 2021; Kersalé et al. 2021). Here we provide updates on the MOC and MHT estimates from the Rapid Climate Change/MOC and Heatflux Array/Western Boundary Time Series (RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS) moored array at 26.5°N and from the synthetic approach at 41°N and at several latitudes in the South Atlantic. While updates for the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program and the South Atlantic MOC Basin-wide Array at 34.5°S are pending, we report on recent advances in observing the variability of flows comprising the lower limb of the North Atlantic MOC, including the Meridional Overturning Variability Experiment (MOVE, 16°N).

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