• Atmospheric Sciences

    • Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere

      • Shoshiro Minobe, Akira Kuwano-Yoshida, Nobumasa Komori, Shang-Ping Xie, Richard Justin Small,
      • Original article citation: Nature 452, 206-209, (2008).
      • Categories: Atmospheric Sciences and Regional Climate
      • Recommended by: Anna Barnett on 03/13/2008 11:28AM GMT
      • Reasons for recommending:
        The Gulf Stream not only blows warm air across the surface of the Atlantic toward Europe, but reaches upward through the entire troposphere, according to the new data and modelling here (recapped on the Climate Feedback blog, http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/03/gulf_stream_revisited.html, and in an editorial summary, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7184/covers/). An interesting, though still speculative, implication is that atmospheric waves emanating from this tall column of wind and weather might link the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation with climatic effects throughout the Northern Hemisphere. What could this mean for feedbacks between climate change and ocean circulation?

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