heat transport from 2002 to 2010 at 41 degrees north latitude. They find the mean
heat transport is about 0.5 petawatts. The authors note that this estimate is
consistent with previous studies in similar latitudes based on atmospheric flux data
but is lower than most hydrographic estimates. Heat transport varies on an annual
cycle as well as on shorter time scales, with atmospheric variability explaining
most of the short-term variance. Hobbs and Willis note that the period of study was
too short to infer any long-term trends, and they emphasize the need for continued
monitoring of AMOC.
Send et al. Source:
Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2011GL049801, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049801
Title:
Observation of decadal change in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
using 10 years of continuous transport data
Authors:
Uwe Send and Matthias Lankhorst: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla,
California, USA;
Torsten Kanzow: Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel, Germany.
Hobbs and Willis Source:
Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, doi:10.1029/2011JC007039, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007039
Title:
Midlatitude North Atlantic heat transport: A time series based on satellite and
drifter data
Authors:
Will R. Hobbs and Joshua K. Willis: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California,
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
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