The AMOC is crucial for the global ocean overturning circulation and controls the climate around the North Atlantic. Here, the authors use 24 Earth System Models from the CMIP6 to demonstrate that air-sea heat flux anomalies north of any given latitude in the North Atlantic between 25.6°N and 50°N are linked to the AMOC at that latitude on decadal and centennial timescales. Based on this relationship, they find that the decadal averaged AMOC at 26.5° has not weakened from 1963 to 2017.
- Jens Terhaar
- Linus Vogt
- Nicholas P. Foukal
