Introduction
Several indicators and indexes are computed at AOML using hydrographic observations and satellite observations. They provide information about ocean heat content and transport, sea surface temperature, and ocean currents variability and can be used to monitor the ocean state and variability and to validate outputs from numerical models. If you would like to receive a file with the data of these indexes and indicators, please contact the investigators leading each specific work.
| Oceans Heat Content and Transport | ||||||
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| Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential (TCHP) | Global upper ocean heat content linked to tropical cyclone intensification | |||||
| Atlantic Meridional Heat Transport and Meridional Overturning Circulation | Large scale heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean | |||||
| Ocean Currents | ||||||
| Florida Current | Critical to monitor the North Atlantic MOC | |||||
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Main contributor to the South to North Atlantic water mass transport | |||||
| Yucatan Current | Transport of waters from the Caribean Sea into the Gulf of Mexico | |||||
| Brazil-Malvinas Currents | Southwest boundary of the South Atlantic Subtropical gyre, connecting subpolar to subtropical regions | |||||
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Leakage of Indian Ocean waters into the South Atlantic Ocean | |||||
| Antarctic Circumpolar Current | Interbasin exchanges of water masses south of Africa | |||||
| Tropical Atlantic Current System | Zonal transport of waters in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean | |||||
| Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Height | ||||||
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| Extensions of warm (>28.5°C) surface waters in the tropical oceans used for extreme weather studies and outlooks | |||||
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El Niño Southern Oscillation is the most important Ocean-atmosphere phenomenum to cause global climate variability on interannual time-scales, and linked to extreme weather events (tropical cyclones, tornadoes, droughts, and extreme rainfall) | |||||
| Gulf of Mexico | ||||||
| Gulf of Mexico Monitoring Indicators | Parameters and Indicators to monitor ocean conditions including surface currents, heat content, and ecossystems | |||||
| Gulf of Mexico SST and SSH | ||||||