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Atlantic Meridional Transport
Observed From Space
Preliminry Results
W. Timothy Liu and Xiaosu Xie
Heat TransportWater TransportMean and Seasonal Variation
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Center of cyclonic currents
Ekman water transport
Ekman heat transport
Sato, Polito, & Liu, 2002: GRL, 29(17)
Sprintall & Liu, 2005: Oceanography, 18(4)
x: Zonal stress
Te: Potential temp. of Ekman layer
: Mean potential temp. of the water column
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Center of cyclonic currents
Meridional Heat Transport (MHT)
H: Heat content
: Horizontal heat flux
SW: Short wave radiation
LW: Long wave radiation
LH: Latent heat
SH: Sensible heat
By Greens theorem
Conservation of heat
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Center of cyclonic currents
Meridional Water Transport (MWT)
P: Precipitation
E: Evaporation
: Horizontal mass flux
R: River discharge
By Greens theorem
Conservation of water mass
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Total MHT at Atlantic
MHT from surface heat flux
MHT from heat storage change (Statistic-al model)
Intensification of poleward Ekman water transport from 1998 in the tropics
Pacific Ekman water transport
Anomaly
Total
Intensification of poleward Ekman heat transport from 1999 in the tropical Atlantic
Ekman heat transport anomaly 12N-14N SSM/I QuikSCAT
5S-8S
Ekman water transport in the subtropical Atlantic is correlated with NAO
Atlantic total northward water transport
Atlantic Ekman water transport Peak poleward transport in winter in the tropics
Intensification of poleward Ekman water transport from 1998 in the tropics
Atlantic Ekman water transport
Total
Anomaly
Ekman water transport anomaly 12N-14N SSM/I QuikSCAT
5S-8S
Intensification of poleward Ekman water transport from 1998 in the tropical Atlantic
Ekman water transport in the subtropical Atlantic is correlated with NAO
Summary
Spacebased data provide almost continuous spatial and temporal coverages for Ekman and total meridional transport for a decadeReality checks are neededWhat is the relation between surface Ekman transport in the total meridional transport need physical interpolation.
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