Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere

• Published in: Nature Vol. 452; no. 7184; pp. 206 - 209
• Main Authors: Xie, Shang-Ping, Komori, Nobumasa, Minobe, Shoshiro, Kuwano-Yoshida, Akira, Small, Richard Justin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.03.2008; Nature Publishing; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Atlantic Ocean; Atmosphere; Atmosphere - analysis; Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric pressure; Boundary layers; Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; General circulation models; Global warming; Greenhouse Effect; Humanities and Social Sciences; Latitude; letter; multidisciplinary; Ocean temperature; Physics of the oceans; Rain; Satellite Communications; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sea surface temperature; Sea-air exchange processes; Temperature; Temperature gradients; Tropical environments; Troposphere; Water Movements; Wind; Atlantic Ocean; North Atlantic; Gulf Stream; United States > US; Gulf of Mexico; A, Atlantic, Gulf Stream; ocean currents; Teleconnection; Atmosphere model; General circulation models; Space remote sensing; Satellite observation; digital simulation; ocean-atmosphere interaction; troposphere; Analysis of meteorological field; Atmospheric boundary layer; thermohaline circulation; Local scope; ocean circulation

The Gulf Stream transports large amounts of heat from the tropics to middle and high latitudes, and thereby affects weather phenomena such as cyclogenesis and low cloud formation. But its climatic influence, on monthly and longer timescales, remains poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear ho...