Meridional Overturning circulation at 26N and the North Atlantic heat COtent (MONACO)

RAPID-WATCH首次提供了独特的26北纬大西洋经向翻转环流（MOC）连续观测时间序列。本文提出的关键问题是fast - watch观测系统的MOC与经向热输运（MHT）之间的联系，以及从Argo浮标推断的整个北大西洋海洋热含量的变率。我们有强有力的证据表明，从季节到年际时间尺度（月-10年）的海洋热含量变化主要发生在海洋的2000米以上，因此可以使用Argo浮标进行采样。Argo是一项国际实验，利用3000多个剖面浮标测量全球海洋2000米以上的温度和盐度。了解26北纬MOC的全深度监测与北大西洋2000米以上热含量之间的联系是很重要的。例如，北纬26度的热输送减少，而英国纬度的热输送正常，将导致这两个纬度之间的海洋变冷，这可能影响西风的强度，改变英国和北欧的温度和降雨模式。

RAPID-WATCH is providing a unique continuous observational time series of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (MOC) at 26 N for the first time. The crucial question in this proposal is the link between the MOC and meridional heat transport (MHT) from the RAPID-WATCH observing system and the variability of oceanic heat content in the whole of the North Atlantic inferred from Argo floats. We have strong evidence that the ocean heat content variability from seasonal to interannual time scales (months-10 years) is mainly in the upper 2000 m of the ocean, and therefore can be sampled using the Argo floats. Argo is an international experiment to measure the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the global ocean using over 3000 profiling floats. Understanding the links between the full depth monitoring of the MOC at 26 N and the heat content of the upper 2000m of the North Atlantic is important. For example, a decrease in heat transport at 26 N and a normal heat transport at the latitude of UK, would lead to cooling of the ocean between these two latitudes, which could influence the strength of westerly winds and alter the temperature and rainfall patterns over the UK and Northern Europe.