Temperature-Salinity Structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in High-resolution Ocean Simulations and in Climate Models (CMIP5)

Xiaobiao Xu1, Fuchang Wang2, Peter B Rhines3 and Eric Chassignet1, (1)Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, United States, (2)Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States