2016
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3111-x
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Assessing reconstruction techniques of the Atlantic Ocean circulation variability during the last millennium

Abstract: the simulated variability at deep/shallow levels. Density changes responsible for the pseudo-reconstructed FCT are mainly driven by zonal temperature differences; salinity differences oppose but play a minor role. These results thus support the use of the thermal-wind relationship to reconstruct the oceanic circulation past variability, in particular at multidecadal timescales. Yet model-data comparison highlights important differences between the simulated and the proxy-based FCT variability. ECHO-G simulates… Show more

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“…While past changes in the gyre circulation are uncertain, these results corroborate earlier hypotheses based on proxy indicators that the deep branch of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakened continuously during the twentieth century [23][24][25][26][27] . These findings also support model simulations showing that changes in the deep return flow of the overturning circulation are nearly balanced by comparable changes in the surface western boundary current on multidecadal and longer timescales [28][29][30][31][32] . Future studies should build on this foundation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…While past changes in the gyre circulation are uncertain, these results corroborate earlier hypotheses based on proxy indicators that the deep branch of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation weakened continuously during the twentieth century [23][24][25][26][27] . These findings also support model simulations showing that changes in the deep return flow of the overturning circulation are nearly balanced by comparable changes in the surface western boundary current on multidecadal and longer timescales [28][29][30][31][32] . Future studies should build on this foundation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Oxygen isotope ratios in foraminifera reflect both the temperature of calcification and the oxygen isotopic composition of water, which is related to salinity in the upper ocean. This allows for the reconstruction of seawater density, which has been used to infer the strength of the large-scale overturning (Lynch-Stieglitz et al 2006) and the strength of boundary currents (Lynch-Stieglitz et al 1999aMoreno-Chamarro et al 2016). The mean flow in the ocean is largely geostrophic and thus is reflected in the mean density structure.…”
Section: Proxies Relevant To Reconstruction Of the Atlantic Meridionamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(b) Mean Atlantic overturning streamfunction from 6 to 0 ka (unit: Sv). variability during the last millennium represents the AMOC variability quite well on the multidecadal time scale (Moreno-Chamarro et al, 2017). However, the RAPID observation, which consists of the Florida Current transport by cable, the Ekman transport by satellite observation, and the mid-ocean transport by an array of moored instruments, suggests a very weak correlation between the Florida Current and the AMOC on the subannual time scale (Cunningham et al, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%