Inferring the zonal distribution of measured changes in the meridional overturning circulation

de Boer, A. M. and Johnson, H. L. (2007) Inferring the zonal distribution of measured changes in the meridional overturning circulation. Ocean Science, 3 (1). pp. 55-57. ISSN 1812-0784

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Abstract

Recently, hydrographic measurements have been used to argue that the meridional overturning circulation at 25° N has decreased by 30% over the last 50 years. Here we show that the most likely interpretation consistent with this approach (i.e., with the dynamic method together with a level-of-no-motion assumption and Ekman dynamics) is that any decrease in strength of the deep western boundary current must have been compensated, not by a basin-wide increase in upper layer southward flow, but by changes in the nonlinear region immediately outside of the Florida Straits.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2011 11:12
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2023 14:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25248
DOI:	10.5194/os-3-55-2007

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