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Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

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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)

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.

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  • Lixin Wu & Wenju Cai & Liping Zhang & Hisashi Nakamura & Axel Timmermann & Terry Joyce & Michael J. McPhaden & Michael Alexander & Bo Qiu & Martin Visbeck & Ping Chang & Benjamin Giese, 2012. "Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(3), pages 161-166, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate1353
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1353
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