A monitoring design for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation Export

@article{Hir03, abstract = {Current hydrographic data can provide snapshots but no continuous timeseries of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). Using output from two eddy-permitting numerical ocean models we test the feasibility of a monitoring system for the MOC in the North Atlantic. The results suggest that a relatively simple arrangement, using moorings placed across a longitude-depth section and the zonal wind stress, is able to capture most of the MOC strength and vertical structure as a function of time. Being closely related to the transport of energy to the North Atlantic, measuring the MOC would open the prospect of having continuous information about a key element of northern hemisphere climate. }, author = {Hirschi, J. and Baehr, J. and Marotzke, J. and Stark, J. and Cunningham, S. and Beismann, J. O.}, citeulike-article-id = {3732846}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002GL016776.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016776}, day = {12}, doi = {10.1029/2002GL016776}, issn = {0094-8276}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, keywords = {atlantic, moc, rapid}, month = {April}, number = {7}, pages = {1413+}, posted-at = {2009-10-30 15:59:18}, priority = {5}, title = {A monitoring design for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016776}, volume = {30}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - Hir03 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3732846 N2 - Current hydrographic data can provide snapshots but no continuous timeseries of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). Using output from two eddy-permitting numerical ocean models we test the feasibility of a monitoring system for the MOC in the North Atlantic. The results suggest that a relatively simple arrangement, using moorings placed across a longitude-depth section and the zonal wind stress, is able to capture most of the MOC strength and vertical structure as a function of time. Being closely related to the transport of energy to the North Atlantic, measuring the MOC would open the prospect of having continuous information about a key element of northern hemisphere climate. IS - 7 JF - Geophysical Research Letters SN - 0094-8276 TI - A monitoring design for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation VL - 30 SP - 1413 KW - atlantic KW - moc KW - rapid AU - Hirschi, J AU - Baehr, J AU - Marotzke, J AU - Stark, J AU - Cunningham, S AU - Beismann, JO PY - 2003/04/12/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016776 ER -