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Lagrangian Views of the Pathways of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
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2019
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(8), 5313-5335
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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Description:The Lagrangian method —where current location and intensity are determined by tracking the movement of flow along its path —is the oldest technique for measuring the ocean circulation. For centuries, mariners used compilations of ship drift data to map out the location and intensity of surface currents along major shipping routes of the global ocean. In the mid ‐20th century, technological advances in electronic navigation allowed oceanographers to continuously track freely drifting surface buoys throughoutthe ice ‐free oceans and begin to construct basin ‐scale, and eventually global ‐scale, maps of the surface circulation. At about the same time, development of acoustic methods to track neutrally buoyant floats below the surface led to important new discoveries regarding the deep circulation. Since then, Lagrangian observingand modeling techniques have been used to explore the structure of the general circulation and itsvariability throughout the global ocean, but especially in the Atlantic Ocean. In this review, Lagrangian studies
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(8), 5313-5335
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ISSN:2169-9275;2169-9291;
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