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July 11, 2017: FB1 seminar

Prof. Dr. Susan Lozier, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Durham (USA): "Lost in transition: the AMOC at the intersection of the North Atlantic subpolar and subtropical gyres"

 

NEW time & room:

12:00, large conference room, Düsternbrooker Weg 20

 

 

Abstract:

Despite being intensively studied over the past decade, certain aspects of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), defined as the zonally integrated northward flow at a particular latitude, remain elusive. In particular, the linkage between MOC variability in the subtropical and subpolar basins on interannual to decadal time scales is unresolved. In this seminar, I will discuss our current understanding of the throughput between these two gyres, the mechanisms responsible for its temporal variability and the relationship between the throughput and the MOC.

 

 

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