Fig. 3: Meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic.
From: Decadal changes in Atlantic overturning due to the excessive 1990s Labrador Sea convection
Streamfunction of the zonally integrated meridional volume transport (AMOC) as a function of latitude and potential density for experiment CTRL, averaged over the period 1980–2019. The dashed line depicts the density dividing the northward (‘upper’) and southward (‘lower’) limbs of the overturning cell, the shading indicates the standard deviation of its interannual variability; the contour interval is 2 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3 s−1). See Supplementary Fig. 4 for more detailed transport profiles.
