Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

Lixin Wu (), Wenju Cai, Liping Zhang, Hisashi Nakamura, Axel Timmermann, Terry Joyce, Michael J. McPhaden, Michael Alexander, Bo Qiu, Martin Visbeck, Ping Chang and Benjamin Giese
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Lixin Wu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China
Wenju Cai: CSIRO Marine and Atmosphere Research
Liping Zhang: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China
Hisashi Nakamura: Planetary Science, University of Tokyo
Axel Timmermann: International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii
Terry Joyce: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Michael J. McPhaden: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle
Michael Alexander: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory
Bo Qiu: International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii
Martin Visbeck: Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, IFM-GEOMAR
Ping Chang: Texas A&M University
Benjamin Giese: Texas A&M University

Nature Climate Change, 2012, vol. 2, issue 3, 161-166

Abstract: An analysis indicates that the warm, powerful currents that flow along the western edges of ocean basins warmed more than twice as quickly than the global ocean as a whole over the past century. This enhanced warming could have important effects on climate because these currents affect the air–sea exchange of heat, moisture and carbon dioxide.

Date: 2012
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