title: Comment on "The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation".
abstract: Clement et al (Reports, 16 October 2015, p. 320) claim that the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) is a thermodynamic response of the ocean mixed layer to stochastic atmospheric forcing and that ocean circulation changes have no role in causing the AMO. These claims are not justified. We show that ocean dynamics play a central role in the AMO.
authors.affiliation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA. rong.zhang@noaa.gov.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: Rowan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.affiliation: Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Danabasoglu
authors.affiliation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Delworth
authors.affiliation: Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Who M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robson
authors.affiliation: Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yeager