Tag Archive: heat transport

Research brief: How tropical Indo-Pacific processes drive ocean heat into Atlantic meridional circulation

November 26, 2019 10:26 am Published by Comments Off on Research brief: How tropical Indo-Pacific processes drive ocean heat into Atlantic meridional circulation

Solar heating of surface waters in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, along with turbulent mixing that moves this heat into the colder deep-reaching Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, play a crucial role in shaping oceanic heat transport pathways

Research brief: How the ocean moves heat

January 25, 2019 12:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: How the ocean moves heat

The ocean plays a critical role in the climate system by transferring heat from the tropics toward the poles, helping to regulate regional climates. How this heat transport may change in the future remains a first order question in climate science.