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MOCHA: Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and Heatflux Array

"MOCHA is a collaborative project, partnered with the UK RAPID Program, to measure the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and ocean heat transport in the North Atlantic Ocean ."

Years of Record

2004/04 to 2012/10
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Formats

Timestep

Sub-daily

Domain

Atlantic Ocean

Ocean or Land

Ocean Only

Vertical Levels

Multiple levels | Vertically integrated

Suggested Data Citation

RAPID: "Data from the RAPID-WATCH MOC monitoring project are funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and are freely available from www.rapid.ac.uk/rapidmoc."

 

RAPID-MOCHA: "Data from the RAPID-MOCHA program are funded by the U.S. National
Science Foundation and U.K. Natural Environment Research Council and are
freely available at www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapidmoc and www.rsmas.miami.edu/users/mocha."

Data Access: Please Cite data sources, following the data providers' instructions.

  1. RAPID: monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26.5°N since 2004
  2. Transport Profile Time-series; Heat transport data files

Key Figures

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Cite this page

National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified 31 Oct 2013. "The Climate Data Guide: MOCHA: Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and Heatflux Array." Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/mocha-meridional-overturning-circulation-moc-and-heatflux-array.

Acknowledgement of any material taken from this page is appreciated. On behalf of experts who have contributed data, advice, and/or figures, please cite their work as well.
2004-04/2012-10

MOCHA: Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) and Heatflux Array

"MOCHA is a collaborative project, partnered with the UK RAPID Program, to measure the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and ocean heat transport in the North Atlantic Ocean ."

2004-04/2012-10