Cold ocean temperature anomalies have been observed in the mid- to high-latitude North Atlantic on interannual to centennial timescales. Most notably, a large region of persistently low surface temperatures accompanied by a sharp reduction in ocean heat content was evident in the subpolar gyre from the winter of 2013–2014 to 2016, and the presence of this feature at a time of pervasive warming elsewhere has stimulated considerable debate. Here, we review the role of air-sea interaction and ocean processes in generating this cold anomaly and place it in a longer-term context. We also discuss the potential impacts of surface temperature anomalies for the atmosphere, including the North Atlantic Oscillation and European heat waves; contrast the behavior of the Atlantic with the extreme warm surface event that occurred in the North Pacific over a similar timescale; and consider the possibility that these events represent a response to a change in atmospheric planetary wave forcing.
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The Recent Atlantic Cold Anomaly: Causes, Consequences, and Related Phenomena | Annual Review of Marine Science
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%A Josey, Simon A.
%A Hirschi, Joel J.-M.
%A Sinha, Bablu
%A Duchez, Aurélie
%A Grist, Jeremy P.
%A Marsh, Robert
%D 2018
%J Annual Review of Marine Science
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%P 475-501
%R 10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063102
%T The Recent Atlantic Cold Anomaly: Causes, Consequences, and Related Phenomena
%U https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063102
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%X Cold ocean temperature anomalies have been observed in the mid- to high-latitude North Atlantic on interannual to centennial timescales. Most notably, a large region of persistently low surface temperatures accompanied by a sharp reduction in ocean heat content was evident in the subpolar gyre from the winter of 2013–2014 to 2016, and the presence of this feature at a time of pervasive warming elsewhere has stimulated considerable debate. Here, we review the role of air-sea interaction and ocean processes in generating this cold anomaly and place it in a longer-term context. We also discuss the potential impacts of surface temperature anomalies for the atmosphere, including the North Atlantic Oscillation and European heat waves; contrast the behavior of the Atlantic with the extreme warm surface event that occurred in the North Pacific over a similar timescale; and consider the possibility that these events represent a response to a change in atmospheric planetary wave forcing.
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abstract = { Cold ocean temperature anomalies have been observed in the mid- to high-latitude North Atlantic on interannual to centennial timescales. Most notably, a large region of persistently low surface temperatures accompanied by a sharp reduction in ocean heat content was evident in the subpolar gyre from the winter of 2013–2014 to 2016, and the presence of this feature at a time of pervasive warming elsewhere has stimulated considerable debate. Here, we review the role of air-sea interaction and ocean processes in generating this cold anomaly and place it in a longer-term context. We also discuss the potential impacts of surface temperature anomalies for the atmosphere, including the North Atlantic Oscillation and European heat waves; contrast the behavior of the Atlantic with the extreme warm surface event that occurred in the North Pacific over a similar timescale; and consider the possibility that these events represent a response to a change in atmospheric planetary wave forcing. },
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author = {Josey, Simon A. and Hirschi, Joel J.-M. and Sinha, Bablu and Duchez, Aurélie and Grist, Jeremy P. and Marsh, Robert},
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timestamp = {2020-11-09T16:03:03.000+0100},
title = {The Recent Atlantic Cold Anomaly: Causes, Consequences, and Related Phenomena},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-marine-121916-063102 },
volume = 10,
year = 2018
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