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How to acknowledge data from the RAPID AMOC project:
Data from RAPID AMOC monitoring project are made freely available to the public. The project scientists would appreciate it if you added the following acknowledgment to any publications that use this data:
"Data from the RAPID AMOC monitoring project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) with support from NOAA. They are freely available from https://rapid.ac.uk/."
Digital Object Identifier (doi) for version 2023.1
The full doi for this data set is: 10.5285/223b34a3-2dc5-c945-e063-7086abc0f274
The citation that should be used in journals is:
Moat B.I.; Smeed D.A.; Rayner D.; Johns W.E.; Smith, R.; Volkov, D.; Elipot S.; Petit T.; Kajtar J.; Baringer M. O.; and Collins, J. (2024). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2023 (v2023.1), British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10.5285/223b34a3-2dc5-c945-e063-7086abc0f274
Previous releases
Version v2022.1
Moat B.I.; Smeed D.A.; Rayner D.; Johns W.E.; Smith, R.; Volkov, D.; Baringer M. O.; and Collins, J. (2023). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2022 (v2022.1). ,British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10.5285/04c79ece-3186-349a-e063-6c86abc0158c
Version v2020.2
Moat B.I.; Frajka-Williams E., Smeed D.A.; Rayner D.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Volkov, D.; Collins, J. (2022). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2020 (v2020.2). , British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10.5285/e91b10af-6f0a-7fa7-e053-6c86abc05a09
Version v2020.1
Frajka-Williams E.; Moat B.I.; Smeed D.A.; Rayner D.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Volkov, D.; Collins, J. (2021). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2020 (v2020.1). , British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10.5285/cc1e34b3-3385-662b-e053-6c86abc03444
Version v2018.2
Moat B.I.; Frajka-Williams E.; Smeed D.; Rayner D.; Sanchez-Franks A.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Volkov D.L.; Collins J.(2020). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2018 (v2018.2). ,British Oceanographic Data Centre, National Oceanography Centre, NERC, UK. doi:10/d3z4.
Version v2018.1
Smeed D.; Moat B; Rayner D.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Volkov D.; Frajka-Williams E. (2019). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2018. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10.5285/8cd7e7bb-9a20-05d8-e053-6c86abc012c2
Version v2017.1
Smeed D.; McCarthy G.; Rayner D.; Moat B.I.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Meinen C.S.(2017). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2017. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi: 10.5285/5acfd143-1104-7b58-e053-6c86abc0d94b
Version v2015.1
Smeed D.; McCarthy G.; Rayner D.; Moat B.I.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Meinen C.S.(2016). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10.5285/35784047-9b82-2160-e053-6c86abc0c91b
Version v2014.1
Smeed D.; McCarthy G.; Rayner D.; Moat B.I.; Johns W.E.; Baringer M.O.; Meinen C.S.(2015). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array-Western Boundary Time Series) array at 26N from 2004 to 2014. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10.5285/1a774e53-7383-2e9a-e053-6c86abc0d8c7
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