Nature Communications (May 2021)
Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation
- F. Li,
- M. S. Lozier,
- S. Bacon,
- A. S. Bower,
- S. A. Cunningham,
- M. F. de Jong,
- B. deYoung,
- N. Fraser,
- N. Fried,
- G. Han,
- N. P. Holliday,
- J. Holte,
- L. Houpert,
- M. E. Inall,
- W. E. Johns,
- S. Jones,
- C. Johnson,
- J. Karstensen,
- I. A. Le Bras,
- P. Lherminier,
- X. Lin,
- H. Mercier,
- M. Oltmanns,
- A. Pacini,
- T. Petit,
- R. S. Pickart,
- D. Rayner,
- F. Straneo,
- V. Thierry,
- M. Visbeck,
- I. Yashayaev,
- C. Zhou
Affiliations
- F. Li
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science & College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University
- M. S. Lozier
- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- S. Bacon
- National Oceanography Centre
- A. S. Bower
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- S. A. Cunningham
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- M. F. de Jong
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
- B. deYoung
- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University
- N. Fraser
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- N. Fried
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
- G. Han
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences
- N. P. Holliday
- National Oceanography Centre
- J. Holte
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
- L. Houpert
- National Oceanography Centre
- M. E. Inall
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- W. E. Johns
- Department of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami
- S. Jones
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- C. Johnson
- Scottish Association for Marine Science
- J. Karstensen
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- I. A. Le Bras
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- P. Lherminier
- Univ. Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale
- X. Lin
- Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
- H. Mercier
- CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale
- M. Oltmanns
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- A. Pacini
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- T. Petit
- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- R. S. Pickart
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- D. Rayner
- National Oceanography Centre
- F. Straneo
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
- V. Thierry
- Univ. Brest, Ifremer, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale
- M. Visbeck
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
- I. Yashayaev
- Bedford Institute of Oceanography
- C. Zhou
- Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23350-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Western boundary current variability in the subpolar North Atlantic is thought to reflect interior convection changes and determine Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability. Here, the authors show with an extended OSNAP time series that neither linkage is robust due to the complex dynamics in the region.
