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Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: a standalone construct

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Physical oceanography

the zonally integrated Atlantic flow carrying warm upper water north and cold deep water south, driven by a mix of wind, buoyancy and mixing.

In physical oceanography, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation refers to the zonally integrated Atlantic flow carrying warm upper water north and cold deep water south, driven by a mix of wind, buoyancy and mixing. This meaning comes from Kuhlbrodt (2007) in Reviews of Geophysics.[1]

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References

Kuhlbrodt, T., Griesel, A., Montoya, M., Levermann, A., Hofmann, M., & Rahmstorf, S. (2007). On the driving processes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Reviews of Geophysics, 45(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2004rg000166

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