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Deconstructing the conveyor belt.

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Lozier, MS
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
June 2010

For the past several decades, oceanographers have embraced the dominant paradigm that the ocean's meridional overturning circulation operates like a conveyor belt, transporting cold waters equatorward at depth and warm waters poleward at the surface. Within this paradigm, the conveyor, driven by changes in deepwater production at high latitudes, moves deep waters and their attendant properties continuously along western boundary currents and returns surface waters unimpeded to deepwater formation sites. A number of studies conducted over the past few years have challenged this paradigm by revealing the vital role of the ocean's eddy and wind fields in establishing the structure and variability of the ocean's overturning. Here, we review those studies and discuss how they have collectively changed our view of the simple conveyor-belt model.

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Science (New York, N.Y.)

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1095-9203

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0036-8075

Publication Date

June 2010

Volume

328

Issue

5985

Start / End Page

1507 / 1511

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  • General Science & Technology
 

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Lozier, M. S. (2010). Deconstructing the conveyor belt. Science (New York, N.Y.), 328(5985), 1507–1511. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189250
Lozier, M Susan. “Deconstructing the conveyor belt.Science (New York, N.Y.) 328, no. 5985 (June 2010): 1507–11. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189250.
Lozier MS. Deconstructing the conveyor belt. Science (New York, NY). 2010 Jun;328(5985):1507–11.
Lozier, M. Susan. “Deconstructing the conveyor belt.Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 328, no. 5985, June 2010, pp. 1507–11. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.1189250.
Lozier MS. Deconstructing the conveyor belt. Science (New York, NY). 2010 Jun;328(5985):1507–1511.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

June 2010

Volume

328

Issue

5985

Start / End Page

1507 / 1511

Related Subject Headings

  • General Science & Technology