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A monitoring design for the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
Joël Hirschi, Johanna Baehr, Jochem Marotzke, John StarkSchool of Earth and Ocean Science, Southampton Oceanography Centre
University of Southampton
Voltage induced in cable proportional to total mass transport
Calibration with Hydrographic sections
Mass transport through the Florida Strait
wind stress
Mass transport east of the Florida Strait
Thermal wind contributionVertical profiles of density
Velocities obtained between adjacent profiles
Total MOC at 26oN
Florida Straittransport
Thermal windEkman
Spatially constant correction for the velocity field to ensure the mass balance
MOC at 26oN: long-term trend (2-year running mean)
MOC
300 reconstructions with added noise
average of reconstructions