Fig. 1: Idealized schematic of the overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Idealized schematic of the overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean.

From: Energetic overturning flows, dynamic interocean exchanges, and ocean warming observed in the South Atlantic

Fig. 1

The schematic represents the pathways of surface (red), intermediate (yellow), deep (blue), and abyssal (purple) waters over the bottom topography (blue shading). Transitions between these colors indicate water mass transformations. Important currents and topographic features mentioned in the text are labeled, and dashed white lines indicate the nominal latitudes of the five Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) monitoring arrays (Box 1). AC Agulhas Current, ACC Antarctic Circumpolar Current, ARs Agulhas Rings, BC Brazil Current, BCS Benguela Current System, DWBC Deep Western Boundary Current, MC Malvinas Current, NBC North Brazil Current, SEC South Equatorial Current.

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