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RAPID-WATCH/MOCHA Observations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

RAPID-WATCH/MOCHA Observations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Dr Stuart A. Cunningham Scottish Association of Marine Science & Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland. Why are observations of the AMOC important and what do they tell us about climate?.

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RAPID-WATCH/MOCHA Observations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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  1. RAPID-WATCH/MOCHAObservations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Dr Stuart A. Cunningham Scottish Association of Marine Science & Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland 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

  2. What is Climate?

  3. Energy Transport in the Atlantic

  4. Energy Transport in the Atlantic Zonally averaged annual mean surface air temperature anomaly Rahmstorf & Ganapolski 1999

  5. Observing the Atlantic Circulation RAPID-WATCH/MOCHA: A Purposefully Designed Array for Sustained Observations of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heat Flux http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapidmoc/

  6. Vigour of the Atlantic Circulation

  7. … and the climatologically more relevant energy transport

  8. 30% decline in annual mean circulation and heat flux

  9. Data from the Global Argo Network of Floats

  10. Temperature Anomalies

  11. 2010 The Year Britain Froze December 2010 : Gatwick

  12. The North Atlantic Oscillation

  13. Is the Atlantic Circulation Slowing? RAPID

  14. Why are observations of the AMOC important and what do they tell us about climate? RAPID Argo Network Verify the output and physics of coupled climate models. Baseline against which future change may be measured. Fundamental insights into ocean physics. Sustained observing to quantify the changing climate system and to interpret this variability in the widest context.

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