North Atlantic extratropical and subpolar gyre variability during the last 120 years: a gridded dataset of surface temperature, salinity, and density. Part 1: dataset validation and RMS variability
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Decadal temperature trends south of Greenland are consistent in sign with the sub-polar gyre, but much smaller in magnitude with an overall neutral trend between 1981-2018, also seen in in-situ data records.
“Decadal temperature trends here are consistent in sign with the sub-polar gyre, but much smaller in magnitude with an overall neutral trend between 1981–2018, also seen in-situ data records37.”
From Tendencies, variability and persistence of sea surface temperature anomalies (2020) · cites this paper as [37]
Section 3.3 (page unavailable) reports good agreement between two surface-temperature records in the subpolar gyre and regions farther south. Section 4 (page unavailable) reports spatially varying temperature trends, including cooling near West Greenland and the central Labrador Sea. Neither passage establishes a smaller trend south of Greenland or an overall neutral trend for 1981–2018; the paper’s reported trend analysis ends in 2015. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSSTA variability in the sub-Greenland gyre region has been linked to the AMOC, which was moving into a positive phase in the 1990s, peaking in the 2000s and then declining in the 2010s.
“SSTA variability in this region has been linked to the AMOC, which was moving into a positive phase in the 1990’s (warming trend in SSTAs), peaking in the 2000’s and then declining in the 2010’s (cooling trend in SSTAs)37–40.”
From Tendencies, variability and persistence of sea surface temperature anomalies (2020) · cites this paper as [37]
The Introduction (page unavailable) links subpolar-gyre surface properties to the AMOC, but says the connection between surface changes and the AMOC remains under discussion. The passages do not establish that the AMOC entered a positive phase in the 1990s, peaked in the 2000s, or declined in the 2010s; the paper’s SST observations do not by themselves establish that AMOC chronology. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Reverdin, G., Friedman, A. R., Chafik, L., Holliday, N. P., Szekely, T., Valdimarsson, H., & Yashayaev, I.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- National Oceanography Centre (GB)
- Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (FR)
- Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (IS)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Reverdin, Gilles
- ORCID
- Venue
- Ocean Dynamics
- Published
- 2018-12-18
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 385-403
- ISSN
- 0012-0308 (ISSN-L)
- 1616-7341
- 1616-7228
- OpenAlex
- W2905223493
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 1.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Ocean Dynamics (publishedVersion)
- NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council) (acceptedVersion)
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- Figshare (submittedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- CNRS (xxx)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Keywords
- North Atlantic gyre, subpolar gyre, sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, sea surface density, interannual variability, decadal variability, multidecadal variability, BIN, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Current, Gulf Stream
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