The RAPID array begins continuous AMOC measurement at 26.5°N

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A trans-Atlantic line of moorings was deployed across 26.5°N in April 2004 by the UK National Oceanography Centre with the University of Miami and NOAA. Combining the cable-derived Florida Current transport, satellite-derived Ekman transport and geostrophic transport inferred from boundary density profiles, it produces a continuous estimate of the overturning strength. Before it, basin-wide overturning was known only from occasional hydrographic snapshots decades apart, and any claimed trend was a comparison of two photographs.

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Signal and Noise in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N

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RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS Array at 26.5°Nconcerns
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)concerns
North Atlantic — Grand Banks approachesconcerns

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