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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Publications

   

Publications

2007:

  • Dong, Buwen and Rowan T. SuttonEnhancement of ENSO Variability by a Weakened Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled GCM, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 19, pp. 4920–4939
  • Dong, Shenfu, Sarah T. Gille, and Janet Sprintall, 2007: An Assessment of the Southern Ocean Mixed Layer Heat Budget, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 17, pp. 4425–4442
  • Drijfhout, S.S., and W. Hazeleger, 2007: Detecting Atlantic MOC Changes in an Ensemble of Climate Change Simulations, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 8, pp. 1571–1582
  • Fedorov, Alexey, Marcelo Barreiro, Giulio Boccaletti, Ronald Pacanowski, and S. George Philander, 2007: The Freshening of Surface Waters in High Latitudes: Effects on the Thermohaline and Wind-Driven Circulations, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, Issue 4, pp. 896–907
  • Hirabara, Mikitoshi, Hiroshi Ishizaki, and Ichiro Ishikawa, 2007: Effects of the Westerly Wind Stress over the Southern Ocean on the Meridional Overturning, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, Issue 8, pp. 2114–2132
  • Hirschi, Joel J.M., P. Killworth, and J.R. Blundell, "Subannual, Seasonal, and Interannual Variability of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation". J. Physical Oceanography, 37, 1246-1265.
  • Hirschi, J. and J. Marotzke, 2007: Reconstructing the Meridional Overturning Circulation from Boundary Densities and the Zonal Wind Stress, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, Issue 3, pp. 743–763
  • Keller, Klaus, Curtis Deutsch, Matthew G. Hall, and David F. Bradford, 2007: Early Detection of Changes in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Implications for the Design of Ocean Observation Systems, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 2, pp. 145–157
  • Köhl, A., D. Stammer, and B. Cornuelle, 2007: Interannual to Decadal Changes in the ECCO Global Synthesis, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, Issue 2, pp. 313–337
  • Krebs, Uta and A. Timmermann, 2007: Tropical Air–Sea Interactions Accelerate the Recovery of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation after a Major Shutdown, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 19, pp. 4940–4956
  • Levermann, A., J. Mignot, S. Nawrath, and S. Rahmstorf, 2007: The Role of Northern Sea Ice Cover for the Weakening of the Thermohaline Circulation under Global Warming, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 16, pp. 4160–4171
  • Lohmann, Katja and Mojib Latif, 2007: Influence of El Niño on the Upper-Ocean Circulation in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 19, pp. 5012–5018
  • Mignot, J., A. Ganopolski, and A. Levermann, 2007: Atlantic Subsurface Temperatures: Response to a Shutdown of the Overturning Circulation and Consequences for Its Recovery, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 19, pp. 4884–4898
  • Pickart, Robert S. and Michael A. Spall, 2007: Impact of Labrador Sea Convection on the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, Issue 9, pp. 2207–2227
  • Schneider, Birgit, M. Latif, and Andreas Schmittner, 2007: Evaluation of Different Methods to Assess Model Projections of the Future Evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 10, pp. 2121–2132
  • Sutton, Rowan T. and Daniel L. R. Hodson, 2007: Climate Response to Basin-Scale Warming and Cooling of the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 5, pp. 891–907
  • Timmermann, A., Y. Okumura, S.-I. An, A. Clement, B. Dong, E. Guilyardi, A. Hu, J. H. Jungclaus, M. Renold, T. F. Stocker, R. J. Stouffer, R. Sutton, S.-P. Xie, and J. Yin, 2007: The Influence of a Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on ENSO, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 19, pp. 4899–4919
  • Zhang, R., T. Delworth, and I. Held, "Can the Atlantic Ocean drive the observed multidecadal variability in Northern Hemisphere mean temperature?". Geophys. Res. Letters, 34.

2006

  • Bryan, Frank O., Gokhan Danabasoglu, Norikazu Nakashiki, Yoshikatsu Yoshida, Dong-Hoon Kim, Junichi Tsutsui, and Scott C. Doney, 2006: Response of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation and Ventilation to Increasing Carbon Dioxide in CCSM3, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 11, pp. 2382–2397
  • Bugnion, Véronique, Chris Hill, and Peter H. Stone, 2006: An Adjoint Analysis of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in an Ocean Model, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 15, pp. 3732–3750
  • Collins, M., M. Botzet, A. F. Carril, H. Drange, A. Jouzeau, M. Latif, S. Masina, O. H. Otteraa, H. Pohlmann, A. Sorteberg, R. Sutton, and L. Terray, 2006: Interannual to Decadal Climate Predictability in the North Atlantic: A Multimodel-Ensemble Study, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 7, pp. 1195–1203
  • Latif, M., C. Boning, J. Willebrand, A. Biastoch, J. Dengg, N. Keenlyside, and U. Schweckendiek, "Is the Thermohaline Circulation Changing?". Journal of Climate, 19, 4631-4637.
  • Latif, M., M. Collins, H. Pohlmann, and N. Keenlyside, "A Review of Predictability Studies of Atlantic Sector Climate on Decadal Time Scales". Journal of Climate, 19, 5971-5987.
  • Mignot, Juliette, Anders Levermann, and Alexa Griesel, 2006: A Decomposition of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation into Physical Components Using Its Sensitivity to Vertical Diffusivity, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, Issue 4, pp. 636–650
  • Pohlmann, H., F. Sienz, and M. Latif, "Influence of the Multidecadal Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability on European Climate". Journal of Climate, 19, 6062-6067.
  • Saenko, Oleg A., 2006: The Effect of Localized Mixing on the Ocean Circulation and Time-Dependent Climate Change, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, Issue 1, pp. 140–160
  • Sijp, Willem P. and Matthew H. England, 2006: Sensitivity of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation and Its Stability to Basin-Scale Variations in Vertical Mixing, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 21, pp. 5467–5478
  • Sime, Louise C., David P. Stevens, Karen J. Heywood, and Kevin I. C. Oliver, 2006: "A Decomposition of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning", Journal of Physical Oceanography,
    36, Issue 12, pp. 2253–2270
  • Spence, J. Paul and Andrew J. Weaver, 2006: The Impact of Tropical Atlantic Freshwater Fluxes on the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 18, pp. 4592–4604
  • Stouffer, R. J., J. Yin, J. M. Gregory, K. W. Dixon, M. J. Spelman, W. Hurlin, A. J. Weaver, M. Eby, G. M. Flato, H. Hasumi, A. Hu, J. H. Jungclaus, I. V. Kamenkovich, A. Levermann, M. Montoya, S. Murakami, S. Nawrath, A. Oka, W. R. Peltier, D. Y. Robitaille, A. Sokolov, G. Vettoretti, and S. L. Weber, 2006: Investigating the Causes of the Response of the Thermohaline Circulation to Past and Future Climate Changes, Journal of Climate, 19, Issue 8, pp. 1365–1387
  • Wunsch, C. and P. Heimbach, "Estimated Decadal Changes in the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and heat Flux 1993-2004". J. Phys. Oceanography, 36, 2012-2024.
  • Yin, Jianjun and Ronald J. Stouffer, 2006: Comparison of the Stability of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation in Two Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean General Circulation Models, Journal of Climate, 20, Issue 17, pp. 4293–4315
  • Zhang, R. and T. Delworth, "Impact of Atlantic multidecadal oscilations on Inda/Sahel rainfall and Atlantic hurricanes". Geophys. Res. Letters, 33.

2005

  • Harry L. Bryden, Hannah R. Longworth and Stuart A. Cunningham. "Slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 25° N", Nature, 438, 655-657, 2005.
  • Dai, Aiguo, A. Hu, G. A. Meehl, W. M. Washington, and W. G. Strand, 2005: Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled General Circulation Model: Unforced Variations versus Forced Changes, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 16, pp. 3270–3293
  • Deshayes, Julie and Claude Frankignoul, 2005: Spectral Characteristics of the Response of the Meridional Overturning Circulation to Deep-Water Formation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, Issue 10, pp. 1813–1825
  • Dong, Buwen and Rowan T. Sutton, 2005: Mechanism of Interdecadal Thermohaline Circulation Variability in a Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere GCM, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 8, pp. 1117–1135
  • Jungclaus, Johann H., Helmuth Haak, Mojib Latif, and Uwe Mikolajewicz, 2005: Arctic–North Atlantic Interactions and Multidecadal Variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 19, pp. 4013–4031
  • Köhl, Armin, 2005: Anomalies of Meridional Overturning: Mechanisms in the North Atlantic, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, Issue 8, pp. 1455–1472
  • Mignot, Juliette and Claude Frankignoul, 2005: The Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the Bergen Climate Model, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 13, pp. 2361–2375
  • Quadfasel, D., "The Atlantic heat conveyor slows". Nature (news and views), 438, 565-566.
  • Timmermann, A., S.-I. An, U. Krebs, and H. Goosse, 2005: ENSO Suppression due to Weakening of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 16, pp. 3122–3139
  • Wunsch, Carl, 2005: The Total Meridional Heat Flux and Its Oceanic and Atmospheric Partition, Journal of Climate, 18, Issue 21, pp. 4374–4380
  • Zanna, Laure and Eli Tziperman, 2005: Nonnormal Amplification of the Thermohaline Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, Issue 9, pp. 1593–1605
  • Zhang, R. and T. Delworth, 2005: Simulated Tropical Response to a Substantial Weakening of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. J. Climate, 18, 1853–1860

2004

  • Boos, William R., Jeffery R. Scott, and Kerry A. Emanuel2004: Transient Diapycnal Mixing and the Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, Issue 1, pp. 334–341
  • Johnson, H. and D. Marshall, 2004: Global Teleconnections of Meridional Overturning Circulation Anomalies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1702–1722
  • Pasquero, Claudia and Eli Tziperman, 2004: Effects of a Wind-Driven Gyre on Thermohaline Circulation Variability, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, Issue 4, pp. 805–816
  • Shaffrey, Len and Rowan Sutton, 2004: The Interannual Variability of Energy Transports within and over the Atlantic Ocean in a Coupled Climate Model, Journal of Climate, 17, Issue 7, pp. 1433–1448
  • Vellingam Michael, and Peili Wu, 2004: Low-Latitude Freshwater Influence on Centennial Variability of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation, Journal of Climate, 17, Issue 23, pp. 4498–4511

2003

  • Gulev, Sergey K., Bernard Barnier, Herve Knochel, Jean-Marc Molines, and Melanie Cottet, 2003: Water Mass Transformation in the North Atlantic and Its Impact on the Meridional Circulation: Insights from an Ocean Model Forced by NCEP–NCAR Reanalysis Surface Fluxes, Journal of Climate, 16, Issue 19, pp. 3085–3110
  • Haine, Thomas W. N., Kelvin J. Richards, and Yanli Jia, 2003: Chlorofluorocarbon Constraints on North Atlantic Ventilation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, Issue 8, pp. 1798–1814
  • Lumpkin, Rick and Kevin Speer, 2003: Large-Scale Vertical and Horizontal Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, Issue 9, pp. 1902–1920
  • Marshall, John and Timour Radko, 2003: Residual-Mean Solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Its Associated Overturning Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, Issue 11, pp. 2341–2354
  • Rhines and Hakkinen, 2003, Is the Oceanic Heat Transport in the North Atlantic Irrelevant to the Climate in Europe?, ASOF Newsletter
  • Saenko, Oleg A., Andrew J. Weaver, and Jonathan M. Gregory, 2003: On the Link between the Two Modes of the Ocean Thermohaline Circulation and the Formation of Global-Scale Water Masses, Journal of Climate, 16, Issue 17, pp. 2797–2801
  • Zhang, Dongxiao, Michael J. McPhaden, and William E. Johns, 2003: Observational Evidence for Flow between the Subtropical and Tropical Atlantic: The Atlantic Subtropical Cells, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, Issue 8, pp. 1783–1797

2002