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Is the ocean at the helm?

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  • Mike McCartney

    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Is the ocean a passive participant in the global climate, or does it take a more active part? Thisis a central question in climate modelling, which may now have a partial answer. Sea surfacetemperature oscillations have been observed in the Atlantic to persist for several years, and,along with surface pressure variations, appear to form a whole-ocean oscillation that could helpexplain some climate variations over timescales of years to decades. The orderly fluctuations ofsea surface temperature may eventually help us to make long-term climate forecasts.

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  • Mike McCartney, 1997. "Is the ocean at the helm?," Nature, Nature, vol. 388(6642), pages 521-522, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:388:y:1997:i:6642:d:10.1038_41438
    DOI: 10.1038/41438
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