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RAPID-WATCH/MOCHAObservations of the Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation
Why are observations of the AMOC
important and what do they tell us about
climate?
THOR 2nd End‐User Workshop
Decadal Climate Predictions and the
RAPID WATCH ‐Programme
London 24th Oct 2012
Dr Stuart A. Cunningham
Scottish Association of Marine Science &
Marine Alliance for Science & Technology
Scotland
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Energy Transport in the Atlantic
Zonally averaged annual mean surface air temperature anomaly
Rahmstorf & Ganapolski 1999
Observing the Atlantic CirculationRAPID-WATCH/MOCHA: A Purposefully Designed Array for Sustained Observations of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heat Flux
http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapidmoc/
Why are observations of the AMOC important and what do they tell us about climate?
RAPID
1. Verify the output and physics of coupled climate models.2. Baseline against which future change may be measured.3. Fundamental insights into ocean physics.4. Sustained observing to quantify the changing climate
system and to interpret this variability in the widest context.
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