Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a large-scale system of ocean currents that transports heat and salt through the Atlantic, strongly influencing regional and global climate.

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Generate an image of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a large-scale system of ocean currents that transports heat and salt through the Atlantic, strongly influencing regional and global climate.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf climate system component ⓘ
ocean circulation system ⓘ
thermohaline circulation component ⓘ
abbreviation AMOC ⓘ
affects Atlantic hurricane activity ⓘ
carbon uptake by the ocean ⓘ
precipitation patterns ⓘ
sea level in the North Atlantic ⓘ
sea surface temperature patterns ⓘ
canExhibit abrupt changes ⓘ
collapse in climate model simulations ⓘ
multiple stable states ⓘ
characterizedBy northward flow of warm surface waters ⓘ
southward flow of cold deep waters ⓘ
drivenBy freshwater fluxes ⓘ
salinity gradients ⓘ
surface heat fluxes ⓘ
temperature gradients ⓘ
wind forcing ⓘ
hasComponent Deep Western Boundary Current ⓘ
Gulf Stream ⓘ
North Atlantic Current ⓘ
linked to: Gulf Stream
hasProcess convection in the Labrador Sea ⓘ
convection in the Nordic Seas ⓘ
deep water formation in the North Atlantic ⓘ
sinking of dense water masses ⓘ
upwelling of deep waters ⓘ
includesWaterMass Antarctic Bottom Water ⓘ
North Atlantic Deep Water ⓘ
influences Arctic climate ⓘ
European climate ⓘ
North Atlantic climate ⓘ
global climate ⓘ
regional climate ⓘ
tropical Atlantic climate ⓘ
linkedTo Dansgaard–Oeschger events in paleoclimate records ⓘ
Heinrich events in paleoclimate records ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
measuredIn Sverdrups ⓘ
monitoredAt 26.5°N RAPID array ⓘ
OSNAP array in the subpolar North Atlantic ⓘ
monitoredBy moored instrument arrays ⓘ
ocean reanalysis products ⓘ
satellite observations ⓘ
partOf Earth climate system ⓘ
global overturning circulation ⓘ
representedIn Earth system models ⓘ
coupled climate models ⓘ
risk large regional climate impacts if collapse occurs ⓘ
potential weakening during the 21st century ⓘ
sensitiveTo Arctic sea ice melt ⓘ
Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater ⓘ
anthropogenic climate change ⓘ
changes in surface salinity ⓘ
changes in surface temperature ⓘ
studiedBy climate scientists ⓘ
physical oceanographers ⓘ
timescale centennial variability ⓘ
decadal variability ⓘ
multidecadal variability ⓘ
transports heat ⓘ
salt ⓘ
typicalStrength about 15 to 20 Sverdrups at 26.5°N ⓘ
uncertainty future evolution under greenhouse gas forcing ⓘ

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Gulf Stream → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation → abbreviation → AMOC ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Florida Current → isComponentOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador shelf → influences → North Atlantic ocean circulation ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Denmark Strait → featureOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
North Atlantic Deep Water → drivingForce → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Deep Western Boundary Current → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
South Atlantic subtropical gyre → relatedTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Agulhas Current → contributesTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean proper by Martha's Vineyard → hasClimateInfluence → North Atlantic Ocean circulation ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Loop Current → contributesTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Antilles Current → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Greenland Basin → playsRoleIn → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Beaufort Gyre → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
East Greenland Current → componentOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
West Spitsbergen Current → componentOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
8.2 kiloyear event → relatedTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Tagus River estuary → influencedBy → Atlantic Ocean currents ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Greenland Sea gyre → partOf → North Atlantic thermohaline circulation ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Atlantic Water → isPartOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Bjerknes compensation → relatedTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Weddell Gyre → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Irminger Current → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
NADW → componentOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
South Atlantic Current → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
South Atlantic → hasMajorCurrent → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Nordic Seas → playsRoleIn → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Irminger Sea → roleIn → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
eastern Atlantic Ocean → importantFor → North Atlantic thermohaline circulation ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Mediterranean Outflow Water → contributesTo → Atlantic meridional overturning circulation ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Agulhas Retroflection → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Southwest Atlantic circulation system → contributesTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Indian Ocean circulation → connectedTo → Atlantic Ocean circulation via Agulhas leakage ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
equatorial Atlantic Ocean → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
tropical Atlantic Ocean → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → affects → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Arctic Intermediate Water → associatedWith → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Denmark Strait overflow pathway → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Yucatán Channel → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
North Atlantic subpolar gyre system → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Arctic sea ice system → interactsWith → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Norwegian Atlantic Current → subsystemOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Arctic Ocean heat budget → modulatedBy → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Atlantic Water → isPartOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
subject linked to: AW
North Atlantic Current → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Arctic Mediterranean → influences → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
NBC → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Irminger Basin → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Mediterranean thermohaline circulation → linkedTo → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ
Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water → partOf → Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ